WALNUT WATTLE. 339 



W 38'1. R 856 kilos. Sapwood narrow; heart violet-brown 

 or chocolate-brown, blackening with age, heavy, hard, tough, 

 strong, rather coarse in grain, easily worked, very durable in 

 contact with the soil. More uniform in colour, darker, less liable 

 to insect-attack, and thus more durable than European Walnut. 

 Formerly used on the Wabash for " dug-outs," 40 ft. long and 

 about 27 in. wide, and also largely for fence-posts, shingles, 

 building, naves of wheels, etc., this wood has now become too 

 valuable as a cabinet and veneer wood to be used for these 

 purposes. Before the middle of the 19th century it was only 

 used in England for carcase ends, frames for veneering, and other 

 inferior purposes : it has now more than doubled in price and is 

 more used than European wood, its uniform colour recommending 

 it to shop-fitters and as a basis for painted or other ornamentation 

 in the cabinet-trade. It is imported in logs 10 20 ft. long, 

 squaring 15 30 in. ; and, besides its use in cabinet-making, is 

 employed for the stocks of our army rifles. It fetches from Is. 8d. 

 to 4s. per cubic foot in the London market. 



Walnut, Satin. See Gum, Sweet. 



Walnut, White. See Butternut. 



Wandoo (AV////////>/x ir-iliinca Schau. : Order Myrtdcece). West 

 Australia. Known also as "White Gum." Height up to 120ft. ; 

 diam. up to 17 ft. W 70. Light-coloured, heavy, very hard, 

 tough and durable. Valued for building, and especially for 

 wheelwrights' work, being superior to Tewart for spokes and 

 felloes and supplying the best naves and cogs; used also for 

 furniture. 



Water tree. See Pin-bush. 



Waterwood (ChimdrrJii* ///////;*// Jacq. : Order Rvhid cece). West 

 Indies. Known also as "Bois Riviere." Height 50 60 ft. 

 Valued for furniture and joinery. 



Wattle, the general name in Australia for species of Aniriii 

 (Order Legumindsce), from their use by the early colonists in 

 " wattling " their huts. French " Bois tresse." 



Wattle, Black (i) (A. //?>//"/// DC.), North-east Australia. 

 Sometimes known as "Hickory." Height up to 30 40 ft.; 



