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Jarrah. 



(Eucalyptus marginaia, Sm.) 



One might at first think that this Eucalyptus could hardly be classed as a cabinet 

 timber, yet some excellent specimens of the tradesman's art made from it are to be seen in 

 Australia, and this species is particularly suitable for this technical application. A very fine 

 Jarrah suite of furniture is on view at the Imperial Institute in London. It is certainly 

 heavy, but not more so than English Oak. The colour is a rich red, and this is one of, if not 

 its greatest recommendation in this direction. For office fittings it looks particularly rich, 

 and is preferred by many to Mahogany or Cedar. It is very suitable for billiard tables, 

 wainscotting, baluster rails, railway carriage decoration, dining-room or library furniture, or for 

 shop and office fittings, being now extensively used for these purposes. 



Description of the Tree. One of the finest forest trees of Western Australia, some- 

 times attaining a height of 150 feet, with a persistent and fibrous bark, and could be 

 classed as a " Stringybark." Normal leaves lanceolate, curved, not long but variable, 

 lateral veins oblique, spreading, very distinctly marked as well as the reticulations, 

 coriaceous, pale on the underside, intramarginal vein removed from the edge. Flowers 

 in axillary umbels or forming small terminal panicles. Calyx top shaped, surmounted by 

 a conical operculum, the whole about i inch long. Fruit about finch long, over inch 

 in diameter, ovate, globular, rim truncate or contracted, valves not exserted. 



Geographical Range. Western Australia. 



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