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KING-BARKING AND CLEARING LAND. 

 Mr. L. Lindley-Cowen, late secretary of the then Bureau, now 

 Department of Agriculture, thus summarises in this chapter the 

 practise and the opinion of experienced settlers from various parts 

 of the agricultural districts of this State: "To new comers 

 unacquainted with the readiest methods of converting bush land 

 into fruitful farms and orchards, much valuable information will be 

 gathered from the teachings of others." 



Following are the common and botanical names of the trees 

 referred to in the returns on ring-barking reviewed below : 



Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata, Smith) 



Red Gum (E. calophylla, E. Brownl 



Flooded or " Blue " Gum (E. salinga, Smith) 



White Gum (E. redunca, Schauer) 



Peppermint (Agonis flexuosa, de Candolle) 



Yate (E. cornuta, La Billardiere) 



Sheaoak ( Casuarina Fraseriana, Miguel) 



Paper bark (Melaleuca sp.) 



York Gum (E. loxophleba, Bentham) 



Jam (Acacia acuminata, Bentham) 



Manna Gum (E. Viminalis, La Billardiere) 



Salmon Gum (E. salmonophloia, F. von Mueller) 



Morell, or Parker's Gum, or Mallee of Victoria (E. olesoa, F. 

 von Mueller) 



Mallet, or Fluted Gum, or Gimlet Wood (E. salubris F von 

 Mueller) 



Blackboy (Xanthorrhcea) 



Wattle (Acacia leiophylla, Bentham) 



Badjong- ( A. microbotyra, Bentham) 



Karri (E. diversicolor, F. von Mueller) 



Spearwood (E. Doratoxylon, F. von Mueller) 



Tooart (E. gomphocephala, de Candolle) 



Blackbutt (E. patens, Bentham) 



Zamia (Cycas Sp.) 



The object of ring-barking or of sap-ringing is to kill the trees, 

 in order that the pasture and water supply may be improved, and 

 to facilitate clearing in the future. 



Trees are destroyed by ring-barking when a belt of bark 



about a foot in width 

 is taken off the stem, 

 whilst sap-ringing con- 

 sists in cutting into 

 the sap or outer wood 

 of the tree as well as 

 taking off the bark. 

 The illustration here- 

 with shows the different 

 methods, and on per- 

 usal of the following 

 pages it will be found 

 which varieties of trees, 

 in the opinion of old 

 colonists in various 

 districts, should be ring-barked and which sap-ringed. 



