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iirst class timber amoug the Eucalypts. The wood is of a 

 light reddish colour, hard, strong, and very durable. It is 

 sometimes known as u Bed Iron-bark." Sideroxylon is the 

 real Eed Iron-bark. Maiden mentions that the timber 

 from northern N. S. Wales is apt to shell and split on 

 exposure and hence is not liked for engineering purposes. 

 As a general rule it is a really fine Iron-bark. 



The Siderophloia Iron-bark is an Eastern coast species 

 extending from the mixed rainfalls of southern IS". 8. Wales, 

 to the purely summer rainfalls of Queensland. 



E. Sideroxylon. SIDEROXYLON IRON-BARK. 



The Blue-gum of S. Australia, so called from its bluish 

 appearance. Maiden gives this the fourth rank among the 

 four valuable Iron-barks of East Australia. However, its fine 

 Ted colour and comparative softness will render it prefer- 

 able for many employments to the harder pale Iron-barks. 

 Mueller's name for this tree is rough bark Leucoxylon. 

 This tree is easily recognisable by its very rough black bark 

 and largish bell-like cones. It is slow-growing but seems to 

 be hardy everywhere from Kimberley (on red loam at 

 4,000 ft. elevation) to the sands of the Cape Flats. It has 

 a wide habitat in Australia, from the scanty winter rains 

 of S. Australia through the all-the-year-round rainfalls of 

 Victoria and on to the irregular summer rains of If. 8. 

 Wales. 



There is a crimson-flowered variety of this tree which 

 may be planted in inland districts where the more beautiful 

 E. ficifolia is not hardy. The usual flower is white or 

 pinkish. Unsifted seed averages 27,500 to the ounce. 



E. stelhdata. GREEN GUM. 



Becorded by Maiden at 3,000 ft. on Mount Kosciousko, 

 see under E. coriacea. It is occasionally seen but is not 

 worth planting in S. Africa. 



