244 THE GARDENERS’ mien WS IOPE [APRIL 12, 1856. 
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‘author, Mr. Minnican. It is ner Vit sanye yielded by this particular. tree, at a ry Jone piece of timber being cut parallel with the 
are not trees for an English fo but wi o | high prices, is, kowever, no criterion b hie its Sale fibre, and another ry across the fibre; 
reason why they should not fare in such anatek in prape times, when its price would be regulated | this happen their i , althou 
as that of Killarney, as it is already known that | | by th | from the same log, must be diferent, the oblique! 
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We copy Mr. Miutiean’s descriptions verbatim. ‘ Oxe of the gentlemen who are preparing to occ upy | e are the meek tempted t © offer these remarks ' 
With a plant exhibited by oo Gorosta, of | the cot s with experiments on the comparative | because we do not find i t stated in Captain Fowxe’s i 
Hobart Town, 70 feet long, 11 feet Neer a and ae ot different samples of Oak AND OTHER pecan accoun 
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3 inches thick, we have the following accoun suggested that it would be advan-| examined last year in the Great Paris Ee 
“ This is perhaps the most valuable and Parami tagbie: Mo we were to point out in what manner the | et this subject engaged hi ae Haga If it t did 
of the timber trees of Tasmani Its principal timber should be cut for the purpose, in order to the value of the r the gallant t saa 
s it i co 
Douglas Ri r and bent i 
upon Flinder’s Island, in Bass’s Straits : its strong- direction will possess a degree of strength beyond | we see that the Act von eights vary greatly in 
hold, howersr, is D’Entrecasteaux’s Channel, and what it will have if cut and bent in another ; so era ns A the very same tree. Thus in a 
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Blue Gum idtsina,'s when at maturity, Eeh rage | staves ià af Ter taken from the sa apy and only | occurred in other cases. A difference equal to 
oe oot size greater pro obably than any ste es by a saweut, are curved in ‘in opposite direc- 1434 lbs. in the weight anan to break two 
tèin önd: aplahk A dta the Lond perai the one will snap with Ch is pull, th i of the very same timber one 12 inch, 
Exhibition of ssh, hich from the diffi ulty ex is circumstance all | and the other 14 square, wee too remarkable to 
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England A Tate ‘or sedi: measured Ee feet | most c car ofully advert. p 
in le mgt, an 20 inches broad by 6 inches in | grain ore ater of Timber is cut, the rian should Si A ae le i 
ank of th be also cut in like m ee a Lea eek we yo ded ia 
ness was rent 160 feet in length by Mr. James Boyn, | the e an orto “figure represent a “ round,” Slain ‘assed on ‘the 3 Ist ult. at the General * 
Civil Commandant at Port Arthur, Van Ne rse sectio a piece of Oak. The oper Mee ting of the Hor’ bit ay cde, on words of 
Land, in order to be forwarded to the Paris Exhi. ge ode of cutting i in order 5 secure the greatest | which we think it RA, to repeat— That- the 
bition of 1855, but a bia n fo und Se ier which it can offer to a strain, wo ould be Council be authorised to terminate the tenancy of 
to get it shipped by an the Garden at Chiswi ck as soon as the lease will 
n) a 1 oe: permit, d 
uch a 
ghi srt taining the\Garden shall have been subscribed before 
ing from 30 to it of 100 feet, at 4 feet a ties | etnia two inira aala be in aly ‘ke sain e| May Ist.” In consequence of this resolution the 
ound. In regular forest ground it rarely gives | Co eci a 
and the lath @ 
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Town), and it doe: te hy haere bk appear ‘in this | and 4 to d. which w ould b, l 
catalogue, This tree attains at its full growth a | ‘should be placedionernon este reskin Linge s the Council may require f or main- 
ioht af 950 ta 250 
—and the public, fi deeply interested in 
larly to "and from the result—only equally as well, 
England. “Its apecific gravity is greater than pe. a will be a n amiy dens at Chiswick 
Teak, British Oak, or even Saul; and e experim being closed, a .pr ing which would deeply 
instituted to ramet “ts breaking weight, ore affect hima interests of Horticulture in all parts of 
have ee page the Phere gon in strength and the kingdom. 
elasticity imbers, 4 The President, the Duke of DEVONSHIRE, FA s-k 
ond ml tet aud res keels of ships, 0 0 
lue Gum possesses a cngth and à beyond all other The Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND, vies 
‘ Presiden’ «is 100 
it would be i bl Mr. GADESDEN, Member of Council |... 50 
coh Ah tion for r resisting a strain as an ordina ary long- | Rev. W. L. Har ijao 
ed areas numerousas the ONESTA si when held in the hand; B representing the | Colonel Citite NER 26 
devolve on the shipwright, millwright, house car- back and a the “belly” of the bow. But it is| Sir Josep Pa ‘Axton, M.P. » 25 
penter, iaplement miker, aidi “aot i. in. all evident that ee a Ch Mayen ore i lower- | Mr. ai E 10 1 
of mechani on as a Nae ii" 
is found to be a material all but indispensable, not- | bow when drawn backwards ; and it is also o evident | a Fah Veiren Ja Jit E » oo ii 
ipee pula age a p sean | ee roars br aas apaes g e i ae ey Scouse 
ony. , it constant use | ave ¢ Roy Bete etar Re. Miah 
E teen ai si ii pre pbu iding, as gun ales for densi | ULAR the results will be uncomparable and Prolomsr Tasit. Vice Seer cretary <a: a 
0) ouse builtin or 1 u * 
the heaviest Hai, t ha a a wel This ex; xylanase ation will we on Oe perfectly | in Hae ‘Lae ene rare old 
heels, wheel-ba arts, &e., &c., and for pil ope ma kakat one will at on e the tr =i fein en apt ye 
= es a me / agli carts, &e., &c., fy or piles | Ei Batt rks be imk n e truth Member of Council 2 : 
© raise wharves 5 es o: er ays 
are built of it. That at Dewitt Peiers me | iously itech with the same hee way result ao Sees on N ee 
from Hobart Town, of which a as sent to us let us suppose that a log is cut up into experi- | Mr. H. G. Bonn, Auditor a ees ORS 
the London Exhibition, and which is raised upon | Mental quartering, the concentric circles in some The Earl of IncHESTER, FHS, | 3 
piles measuring 65 to 90 feet each in length, stands | Spars being placed in one direction, in others in 1 
9 feet above the highest high-wat k, another, we have = very same soure f e Ea rp Hoi ete eaters S.. 
-water mark, mea- > urces o r. Siw -H. os 
sures 96 feet from end to end, by a breadth affordi For example, let four pieces of timber o l 1 
oar of 24 m aoe is constructed e entirely of this magnitude be cut and placed asis resented in tha Honorable i pete eine ins 
This , like most of the Eucalypti, | four following diagrams ; there is little doubt that Mr. NATHANIEL Lixousy a vě 
yields a red highly steingett gi whi spr a Mr. Goop, F.H.S. ET LOE 
iroedalaeg used, aot found to answer, as a Mr. Grexpivninc, F.H.S. vex SONOS 
and the leaves by di tillation oar an pae g 1 Mr. Cock, F.H.S. a vu i lee 
having the properties or Cajeput oil.’ Mr. WENTWORTH Ding, F.H.S. ng 
_ Another specimen, con! ntribut r by Me. Joun Azzorr, Mr: Waite PRESS Aias eats 6 
is described + as follow: Mr. Ponty, FHS. pened tte StS s 
“This section, 3 feet in in diameter,” es ext out of Mr. James Ver se 10 Tiie 
the trunk 194 feet from the root; the first branch =n ae ae James Vain &Co. ... 10 1 d 
given off 208 feet from the root, ay y N x Mr. Jos. Martineau, F.H.S. ... 2 
l of the tree being 318 feet. lag following! 4 a 3 | Mr. cas PAGOR, F.HS. _... 10 1 : 
ani ete of oe ue said ; SS Mr. R. A. Hornsey ua Rey 
have been sold at the stump of this tree :— Peete es 
5000; at 228, per 100 £55 0 0 | No. 3 will be able to bear a great h Ne ts. 
sa i ra er weight than the ew Plan 
34 dithe 10,000, at 20s. it Fa 4 S others without ene a for it will be kapei in the 165. DouBLE ROsSr-COLOURED pa PEA 
Letts, 3 32.000, at 16s, ditto.) 2512 0 position of k Bin rst fleta the other | When Mr. Fortune was in China for the Horticaiturs? 
. And it i ont har ee 22 0 0 hand No. Sgt be the weakest, No. 1 next in | Society he obtained that beautiful spring shrub the 
estimated that the remainder k: 
gig pole 600 of 70000 Ia ae vane a and No. 3. | double crm ggg oiek if piata m | 
F was exhibi y . Vei e + oti 
; p SEP x : ral varieties 
£ in such ti paige Ash, Elm, Del &c., in | Regent Street. But aye tegen 2 
pa ae ee a which the. erkiu is not at all omogeneous. "In| of equal or greater beanty, one of eh tas Me ‘Geo | 
Fs ve months before this: timber anid have sold | what are called canes the structure of which asker: “ owers has just flow ards the 
0 double the am amount, the price of all sorts of] is Girin homogeneous, we congeive such differ- edge thst altire ead teas moreover & 1 | 
a a orun MAR PA E an] ences would be found A to occur, although in a | go oie calyx; that is SRS say, one cup stands witbim 
abundance of gold and the nae demand for | less degree. Taare side Paris Universal zhibition, Part Iy p. 402; 8° 
hard wood house building, &c The netamount} Anoth possible source of error may consist in| A Parliamentary paper just issued. 
