154 WOODS OF COMMERCE. 



building purposes, being of better quality in the warmer parts of 

 its range. 



Ash, Mountain (Pyrus Aucupdria L. Order Rosdcece). See 

 Rowan. 



Ash, Mountain (Alpliitdnia excdsa Reisseek : Order Rhamndceca). 

 North-eastern Australia. Also known as "Red Ash," "Leather- 

 jacket," " Humbug," " Murr-rung." Height 4550 ft. ; diam. 

 1 2 ft. W 53. Heart dark-brown ; sapwood pinkish, darkening 

 with age, hard, close-grained, very tough, polishing well, durable, 

 but warps in drying. Valuable for staves and, perhaps, for gun- 

 stocks. 



The name is also applied in the Illawarra district of New 

 South Wales to Elceocdrpus longifolia C. Moore and E. Kirtoni 

 Bailey, close and fine-grained, light-brown woods, easily worked 

 and employed by wheelwrights and for oars ; and in other parts 

 of Australia to Eucalyptus Stuartidna F. v. M., the Apple-scented 

 Gum, to E. Sieberidna F. v. M., the Cabbage Gum, to E. piluldris 

 Sm., the Blackbutt, to E. pauciflora Sieb., to E. hcvmdstoma Sm., the 

 Scribbly Gum, in East Gippsland to E. goniocdlyx F. v. M. (See 

 Box, Bastard), and in Victoria to E. amygdalina Labill., and 

 especially the tall variety rcgnans. This last-named species is a 

 native of Southern Australia and Tasmania, and is probably the 

 tallest tree on the globe, often reaching 100 150 ft., with diam. 

 from 3 8 ft., but in some cases 400, 410 or even 420 or 471 ft. 

 It is, therefore, appropriately called " Giant Gum," the name 

 " Peppermint tree " belonging apparently to smaller specimens. 

 The Gippsland aboriginal name " Wangara " is the equivalent of 

 " Stringybark," applied to many other species. S.G. air-dried 

 1045_1076, dry 908703. W 47-54. R 7781152 Ibs. Light 

 yellowish brown, with a neat striped figuring, straight in grain, 

 easily worked, sometimes proving durable under water, not 

 twisting in drying, suitable for fencing, shingles, ships' planks, 

 keelsons, carpentry, or railway-carriage building. 



Ash, Black Mountain (Eucalyptus lencdxylon F. v. M.). See 

 Iron-bark. 



Ash, Oregon (Frdxinus Oregdna Nutt. Order Oledcece). North- 



