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known as Cypress Pine has a special \'alue, not easil\" overrated, by reason of its 

 immnnity from the ravages of the white ant. 



But besides their vahie as timber, our Pines ha\e other claims to 

 consideration from the commercial point of view. They possess important 

 chemical properties, yielding essential oils, perfumes, sandaracs, tan barks. 



The main object of this publication is to stimulate a more li\-ely and more 

 permanent interest among the general communit\- in the scientilic and commercial 

 possibilities of this particular section of our native flora. 



Xo country can afford to neglect the study of its indigenous vegetation. 

 In that of Australia, whether for the chemist, the scientist, the statesman, the 

 journalist, or the builder, the study of our nati^•e trees should be a subject of 

 perennial interest. Here, then, is presented for study a field of inexhaustible 

 wealth. 



Readers of this work will find treated aspects of the subject never before 

 touched upon with the same directness and completeness. 



Some interesting information on our forests has been collated by the 

 Royal Commission on Forestry, and incidentally the distribution and quantity of 

 the Cypress Pine and Hoop Pine are tabulated. But in the present volume the 

 subject is comprehensively dealt with. The work is profusely and finely 

 illustrated. It cannot fail to be of great assistance to all interested in the study 

 of Australia's Pines, their classification, and the great varietv of uses to which 

 the timber and by-products may be put. 



J. A. HOGUE. 

 Sydney, June, 1910. 



