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little heartwood. It became evident that there was a marked 
difference in the behaviour of the heartwood and sapwood 
heartwood blocks only absorbed 45 per cent., an 
indicate that the heartwood cells could hold very little free 
water. ; 
The combined average results of all the strength tests is 
given in Table II. The outstanding feature of these is the 
very great superiority, so far as strength is concerned, of 
Pinus canariensis. In every respect this timber exhibited 
quite remarkable strength for a soft wood, and although most 
of the tests upon it were made while it contained 12 per cent. 
Pinus maritima, it was far stronger in every respect. Both as 
a beam and in direct compression along the grain its strength 
is comparable with that of our hardwoods. Thus the average 
of all the beam tests indicates that a beam 12 in. x 12 m. 
and 12 ft. long will carry a central load of about 42 tons, if 
the wood is canariensis, before it breaks down. If the 
tural purposes is so very great, and so much greater than that 
of the other pines, that it is eminently desirable in the State 
interests that it should be extensively planted in our forests. 
The following notes on Pinus canariensis have been kindly 
supplied to me by Mr. H. H. Corbin, B.Sc., Lecturer On 
Forestry at the Adelaide University: —“This pine has been 
planted in a very diffuse way since the days of the earliest 
settlement in Australia. The tree, notwithstanding this, has 
not been appreciated at its correct value by our foresters. 
The area of Canary pine woods in the whole of Australia 1$ 
certainly not more than a hundred or two acres. In Sout 
. tree about 24 ft. in diameter and 90 ft. high. It will prov m 
mo MA soil which is not too wet or sandy. It flourishes m 
