324 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Nageia (Podocarpus) Chilina, Richard. 



The " Mauniu and Lahaul " of Chili and Peru, ascending to sub- 

 alpine elevations. Height reaching 100 feet, with corresponding 

 thickness of stem. Wood white, of excellent quality. 



Nageia (Podocarpus) coriacea, Richard. 



West-Indies. This tree attains a height of 50 feet, and advances 

 to elevations of 8,000 feet. Other species of both hemispheres 

 should be tested, beyond those here now mentioned. 



Nageia (Podocarpus) cupressina, R. Brown. 



Java and Philippine-Islands. Height of tree to 180 feet ; furnishes 

 a highly valuable timber. 



Nageia (Podocarpus) dacrydioides, A. Richard. 



In swampy ground of New Zealand ; the " Kahikatea " of the 

 Maories, called White Pine by the colonists. Height to about 150 

 feet ; diameter of stem often 4 feet. The white sweet fruit (fruit- 

 stalklet) is eaten by the natives ; the wood is pale, close-grained, 

 heavy ; it will not stand exposure to wet, but is one of the best for 

 flooring-boards. The strength is equal to that of " Rimu ; " but it 

 is more readily attacked by boring insects. Refer for further infor- 

 mation on this and other N.Z. timber-trees to Kirk's " Illustrated 

 Forest-Flora of New Zealand," issued 1889. 



Nageia (Podocarpus) elata, R. Brown. 



East-Australia to 35 S. A fine timber-tree, attaining a height of 

 about 80 feet, with a stem 2 feet in diameter. The timber is soft, 

 close-grained, free from knots, much used for joiners' work, also for 

 spars. Market price in Brisbane 3 5s. to 3 10s. per 1,000 super- 

 ficial feet [Queensland Exhibition, 1867]. 



Nageia elongata, F. v. Mueller. (Podocarpus elongata, L'Heritier. ) 



South- Africa. Perhaps the tallest of all South- African trees, attain- 

 ing a height of over 100 feet, and a stem-diameter of over 5 feet, with 

 a clean trunk of equal girth up to 60 feet, surmounted by the umbrella- 

 shaped mass of foliage. The timber is known as yellow wood; it is 

 deal-like, but closer and tougher, and not resinous. Used more than 

 any other South- African wood, mostly for planks or quartering in 

 house-building, also for furniture, carts, barrows and other utensils, 

 and preferred for mining props, as it shows for some time before collapse, 

 when the strain becomes too great. Not durable as posts in the ground, 

 but usually jointed on to a Ptaeroxylon. 100,000 creosoted sleepers, 



- mostly Yellow-wood, are annually manufactured in the Kuysna 

 sleeper-factory. The trees grow best along river-sides, in districts 



