Jose 21, 1862.) THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 571 
ое E Ж. ТТЕ ГЕЛИ mura CUUSEIZGIUI 
Бнз c out, uen ORICULTURAL | 70 years such a growing cian A of this timber as| y the timber of the old Hobart Town Court- 
ка но рым i EE rte € will render substitutes indispensible, use has been found to be sound, and has been 
E LP xt СОТ F LOWERS will be йа at ES Nowhere is How а түт more easily found iil in the ereetion of the New Post Office just 
Те, іоп on WEDNE DAY and THURSD than in Australia, among t the. giant Eucaly урн completed on the same site. “But,” says the 
the same Ly rele as Tu RCM ding à 18. Wm trees о "the various p not indeed | report, E the Mae ome and the railway engins 
i ejoi may ask, ‘w а: 
ев of Prizes сап be obta tained y the Secretary, 96, titles, the meaning of whic as been a le | we the atmosph infl h іг?’ 
í mea puzzle spheric influences of the open air? 
gt. James Street; ог of, dliiblon. Qusan» Орен Honera n the uninitiated. Blue Gums, White Gums,|The na aval Decem will inquire into its beha- 
CONVEYANC в, &c. n Barks; Stringy Barks, Ashes, Mahoganies, viour under water. M E old me. planks, 
е liberality of те Directors is - Бо ү Coast i v Pe eppermint trees, Manna trees, Tooarts, p the answ Some of these old 
many others, are all hard woods from | piles, „ which have bee pt loitulinal in order 
Through th ples 
ope that С Plants, &0., 5 Но Sl be conve ye ей , : › к 
io Brighton, f all Stations and back whence they ca Euo ypti of various species, the quality of which | to facilitate inspseion; have been partly submerged 
үте Meg VEU c; fom London müit be delivered at Brick- appears to render them important to the ship- daily, as the tide rose and fell, for Ав up to 
ДИ іа Чы "illos Wal Begniendaet, x not later jin (e б a years, whilst forming part of the wharves of 
San 8 pit, on tbe day P e delivere e Tasmanian Court are capital nes les of | Hobart Town. Blue Gum and other planks from 
fke Exhibitors early on the following morning at the Brighton | some of these, and б the Cat alogue а ора of|the wharf platform will show their power of 
ants are nh ed in eM perci а m rriages, | information from 3.63 uq a distin- | resistance, for the same period, of copious showers, 
эт» аро. таз PON Y Bde or Brie Mor гон to guished scientific Tas sma whic h attest their hot sunshine, dry winds, an nd Мн? traffic. Other 
last 24 hours before, to prevent dis cintat.. t| value, n ot the least part of Е eonsists in t witn b of Tasmanian 
EM truck must bé loaded miore | power to resist decay. The timber is arranged as | wood have been sum ned from. a eolonial-built 
vl be in readiness at the Brighton Station on the | & hollow óctagónal tower, surrounded by а tall үк which has be pod ded for 14 years, in 
morning of the Show to gonvey Маша, &o., to na Рау Pavilion. hoarding, within which visitors can pass. Аз this | the shape e of planking, timbers, trenails, бе. А 
Ul brevi i udi i man ilt of u 
must have thom ed previous to their departure tan "iet * o е » ; 
for Brighton. y Order of tho Committee, what Tasmanian timber condense from the | Flying Squirrel, 97 tons—has twice been thrown 
Brighton, June 21. — 0 TER, Secretary. 2 arto: „зле гае the Енен o of "m nd by the surf above high-water mark—and on being 
a E 3 [cw "n ition. "Th e framework consists of e En f|got off did not exhibit the slightest defeetion in 
icons D PINCE AND ‚чуб ow К for bs ed ^ VER esr а x. erat E rn to ктү d "rte hoine ibis 
rdeal. 
out Seeds of their very superi 
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which have been carefully saved from fine flowers of tho best | of Blue Gu là d | ade ая едва аана, fences of the colony, of Peppermint and other 
P de onerarias have for апу years past given great satis- | nian trees is кич ДЕ always unsound ; therefore in| woods, which e stood faithful sentinels over 
faction, and they can with confi — — € the Seed М Е" езе planks, as in all planks used in the Colony | | the Wc and her ds ot the ARI, of the last 
кашу aant out by the g vastly superior to апу | for ship-building, the heart is cut o i and the |generation, invite inspe ir almost unim- 
- Жор fa aa excellent time for Sowing, and their Stock | width of the ЕЕ shows the size of the tr eR | paired conditio 
| HL. ak quality being limited, early orders aro respectfully | ыш of the heart. То show the ed whieh| Ме suppose that nome like this will be re- 
) Packets, sealed апа warranted, Post-free, 2s. 64. cach, n be obtained for ship timber, planks 20s Wien garded as conclusive as to the value of the trees 
| Exeter Nursery, Exeter. мт home of Blüe Gum, measuring 90 f! .. апа of|of Tasmania, bu it v sol Di One of the 
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= - k a purpose ch tim as now 
; g f width and soundness throughout, Samples of|to be applied is lining iron ships ; and for that the 
| The Garrners Chronicle- | Ж ship timber form the bh of the tower, whioh Australian hard woods Се. ачу adapted. 
SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1862. onsists of five planks (20ft. long) of Blue Gum, | But until they have "nifi mitted, by actual 
Stri Bar Жн, and Myrtle, the two experiment; to the x^ эз ces no one can say 
: don inibi r^i v ul tiga former being fitted for ырынар, really can b peo . There is no 
Tavasir, Juhe sf peommittees) at В. Kensington Noon, latter for cabinet work. Placed а are | doubt abotit their tengih, and we believe they 
Ф hip's keel-pieces (10. long, sd). T "Blue have great power of resisting dry rot, or other 
Ir A C of Canada in the INTERNATION. an| Gum and Stringy Bark ; over these lie, transverse ly, MES of decay ; but they may splinter, or they 
wies the raped df those whó e i of Stringy Bark. Of large ship's knee y prove ** short," 2 ay, and eithe 
are niliar " the trees that produce it, still |* ern gie supply can be obtained ; orantis of " dhose Paros would seriously diminish their 
Tore Voy of study, if possible, is that whic of are shown in the asgles of the|importance Ao or materials of war, Let 
comes from oür southern colonies; on some one or | Жы ве with а large Blue Gum nee, and үз ш то ion to the pm 
other of which tlie sun is ever shining. Gigantic | also a Blue Gum crook, which have been exposed which have show e breaking weight of Blue 
timber, and exquisite cabinet wind, all in endless to the open air nearl years, in a ship- | Gum to be 1031 Ibs. Я 938 lbs., eh i is ая 
variety, meet us at eve p. ard. In other angles are three very fine ship's| of Teak, and pss ra reaking weight of Swam 
Jam amaica, and other West Tila Josseesons s Tas- knees from Tasman’s Peninsula. In the interior |а nd Stringy o be 784 lbs. and 867 iks 
Victoria, South Au nsla are railway еа of Blue dre and Str peru шй "569 s., the average of 
South Wales, Weston те ix] p ark and pieces of White or Gum-topp ) wit ith different kinds of Oak, some of 
Zealand, Ceylon and the rising South African Str ringy Bu e 12 x 6, 12 2. feet. in | len gth, in the building may be placed at 
Colony of Natal, all have beate to display their with sleepers of Blue Gum and rimam ^5 feet | the s ispos АГ: ot Government Tor the бов ô 
forest treasures. On y, the Cape of to 15 feet long, and in breadth from 6 inches to | being exposed when асты up im plates to the 
God Hope, with bis ly, has proved a 24 inthes. action of heavy projectil Shi they come 
Tecreant at this tournament of Nations. In the Garden of the Royal Horticultural Society | out of such an oce stie wiy, , the, resources 
To ТАЗМАМТА (no mm Van Demon's Land), let | will be found а longitudinal «cu of the EP of every Australian colo will be raised very 
їз first direct attention, for here we tind the | Gum from Port Arthur , Which serves нек materially in value. 
i and improved edition of what attracted so | extraordinary leng h "ада pr е o en 
mach notice in 1851. On that great occasion, imber. The plank from which this. section was| —— - Or env DowxEs.SzEpLUG GRAPE, which is 
when international riv first struggled into life, | taken measured 230 feet in length. No ay beginning recognised as one of the best late- 
hia alone represented Australia worthily ; | ship eould be got to take it to London, whole. The ferie kinds, some interesting facts have been recently 
and now; is AUT one of the Anti lean mir was Mee eee divided into 20 feet B X the observations of Mr. THoMsoN of 
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hs woods were fully noticed ; she now pro- | durable a which it is be "rg p be sit ming into leaf, as the young ee on the branch 
Wm examples of those invaluable hard | plied at a price that would render their use pes ili je күт gs evidence. The Vine had 
timbers that may ultimately prove as rich in great | much more economical than ач woods. “ B | been st җан for experiment, and this enabled 
tesülts as the Australian gold fields — ( er estimate of the late Бовквт STEPHENSON, | Mr. T to observe the facts alluded to in the fol- 
Where European shi builders & find | 2,800,000 railway sleepers required seem Ga | low. visb f veni m = — —“ e found that gn 
5 oh for future S uolui navies it is “inposible 1824) every year, sleepers | - the ба в оп the Vin well, so did man 
Ou pose Acl E to the Colonies. |in use i in Grent Britain. A Blue Gum, or Stringy | © f the berries on the bunches "at. were ! previously 
ot or Gum-topped Striugy Бай, or Pepper- | begim dx pem "—— re much 
ot шег фай, Md zd "for East Indian Teak т "wood Дыра would, -— most trying shrive elled did nos swell i int v east. Th see trie 
Из growing scarcity, and the difficulty of ооб circumstances, last from 15 to Ан е and under Кеи А 3 di dg ont 36 zhily t ег, = 
тщ of necessity со; npe merchants to look for | ordinary or favourable eir где ight last idu eter py бе Per A d poe bed eap 
ped hay the same т three times that period. pon uu now in use| direct from the wood. I ма I could stop this 
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zs it appears that the Attaran Teak forests in | quantity req the wood of 7,000 B. Sore lateral the bunch hung ; E 
years could not supply quite 6000 full-si ized aglis f fores t land annually, whilst ett ч woods |in ns drew off the sap К was being forced into 
e or 1000 logs annually ; and in all Pegu the | are growing m wild lands of Tasm: ns | the worries of f the bunch. The sap бош the as 
al PE 0 logs of every sort hås not ig late | common as weeds e To render the e а yon well as a Ж. tinge of colour, AER vis 
Exceeded 18 С reover the number of. stand- е dn iem а Ar more useful Tasmanian|of the Grape" The bunch exhibited, соь 
d sg is шшш ) rapidly tha boc Woods, вресіш e pro from the oldest | àccompanied, de jeden is e EAn Kim 6 me 
т n had {о replanting the forests. (In a report Т buildings rur the fle The old gaol and | WaS 12 excellent c "7 н sscending 
e BRANDIS now prie us it кн seem | t н old Court ^ "lg a Hobart Town dert ун fro 5 
САР store.at the time when it was |8 eeperé, S лче ,  flooring-joists, boards, was and. in this latter the action of 
im m) pe t a Teak Bn ust be| window-lintels, and architraves—of Huon Pine, arid adm in â more marked degree, the 
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mar то old before it is fit for| Blue Gum, and Stringy Bark, Which are аз | „кіп of every being more or less ruptured. 
t, and that И, must. а where it grew д кү as when built in 40 years ago,|would thus appear, x egi excellent up to a 
"ree ups HM more after having been girdled, i and the. evidence which they offer of their | certain period, which in the present instance proved 
appears certain that there must be for at bust durability must be taken as incontestible. Nearly Ito bethe month of Lu Lady Downe's Grape cannot 
