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brittle, easily-worked, not durable. Used for fuel and rough 

 carpentry. 



Gum, Slaty (E. largiflfrens F. v. M.). Eastern Australia. 

 Known also as " Cooburn, Black, Yellow, Bastard, or Grey Box," 

 or as " Ironbark." Height 100120 ft.; diam. 23 ft. Red, 

 hard, tough, durable, especially underground. Used for fencing, 

 sleepers, building, cogs, etc. The name is also applied to E. 

 tereticfonis. [See Gum, Mountain.] 



Gum, Sour. See Gum, Black. 



Gum, Spotted, a name applied to Eucalyptus capitelldta [See 

 Stringybark, White], E. gmiocdlyx [See Box, Bastard], 

 E. hcemdstoma [See Gum, Scribbly], and E. maculdta Hook. 

 This last mentioned species, native to Eastern Australia, reaches 

 100150 ft. in height, and 38 ft. in diam. S.G. 10351170. 

 Dark yellow to walnut-brown, sometimes with a wavy figure, 

 heavy, close but very coarse in grain, with large gum-veins, strong, 

 tough, durable. In great demand for paving, girders, bridge and 

 ship building, shafts, naves, shingles, etc. It fetches 2s. a cubic 

 foot in London. 



Gum, Sugar (E. corynocdlyx F. v. M.). South Australia. 

 Height 120 ft.; diam. 5 6 ft. Yellowish-white, very heavy, 

 hard, strong and durable, termite-proof, not warping. Used for 

 sleepers, piles, planks, fencing, wheels. The name is also applied 

 to E. Grunnii. [See Gum, Cider.] 



Gum, Swamp. See Gum, Cider, Manna, and Mountain 

 White. 



Gum, Sweet (Liquiddmbar stymciflua L.) : Order Hamameldcece). 

 Eastern United States. " Bilsted " or " Red Gum," " Californian 

 Red Gum " (though shipped from New Orleans). " Satin Walnut." 

 French " Copalm," Germ. " Storaxbaum," Span. "Liquid-ambar." 

 Height 100 ft. or more; diam. 45 ft. S.G. 591. W 36-8. R 651 

 kilos. Sapwood cream-white ; heart irregular, reddish-brown, with 

 dark false rings, rather heavy, close-grained, soft, tough, taking 

 a satiny polish, warping and twisting badly in drying, unless first 

 steamed. Used for furniture, veneers, turnery, shingles, and clap- 

 boards, and, though little suited for the purpose, for paving. 



