208 WOODS OF COMMERCE. 



Gum, Tasmanian or Victorian Blue (E. gUlulus Labill.). 

 South-eastern Australasia. Introduced into India, South Africa, 

 California and Southern Europe for sanitary purposes. Height 

 200 350ft.; diam. 6 25ft. S.G. 698 1108. W 52 5 71-87. 

 e 1-75. p' -88. c 6048. c' '798. if -915. Pale straw-colour, hard, 

 heavy, moderately strong, tough, with curled and twisted grain, 

 planing well, durable ; pith-rays very numerous, fine ; pores 

 moderate-sized, round, grouped or in lines. Used for fence-rails, 

 telegraph-poles, bridge-building, piles, and implements ; exten- 

 sively for carriage-buildings, and formerl}* 1 for sleepers, for which 

 E. rostrdta is now preferred ; and classed in the third line of 

 Lloyd's Register for shipbuilding. 



Gum, Brown. See Mahogany, Swamp. 



Gum, Cabbage (E. Sieberidna F. v. M.). Known also as 

 "Gum-top Stringybark, Ironbark " and "Blackbutt" in Tas- 

 mania, and as " Mountain Ash " in New South Wales. Height 

 40150 ft. ; diam. 15 ft. S.G. 896. W. 55'9. Buff, moderately 

 heavy, rather coarse and cross-grained, very tough, easily worked, 

 elastic, full of gum-veins, seasoning badly, generally soft, whence 

 its name, and doubtfully durable. Used for posts, rails and fuel. 



Gum, Cider (E. Gunnii Hook. fil.). Tasmania and South- 

 eastern Australia, being known in the latter district as "Sugar, 

 White, Swamp, Yellow " or " Bastard Gum." Height 30 or 

 exceptionally 250 ft. S.G. 8021021. Light reddish-brown, 

 hard, tough, with a few gum-veins, often crooked. Chiefly 

 valuable for charcoal and for its sap. 



Gum, Creek (E. rostrdta). See Gum, Red. 



Gum, Drooping (E. mmindlis) [See Gum, Manna] or (E. 

 pauciflora) [See Gum, Mountain White]. 



Gum, Flooded, a name applied to E. Gunnii [See Gum, 

 Cider], E. pauciflora [See Gum, Mountain White], E. rostrdta 

 [See Gum, Red], E. saligna [See Gum, Blue], E. tereticdrnis 

 [See Gum, Mountain]. 



Gum, Giant (E. amygdalina). See Ash, Mountain. 



Gum, Gimlet (E. salubris F. v. M.). West Australia. 

 Known also as " Fluted Gum." Height 120 or 150 ft. Tough, 



