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easy to work, it may be used in carpentry in many 

 ways, to which the hardness of the other sorts offers 

 an obstacle; first-class fuel. One hundred and twenty 

 feet. 



12. Steingy-bark (JS. obliqua) The best wood 



for flooring-boards, rafters, and sawn stuff generally ; 

 it is of very thick growth, inferior fuel, but produces 

 the best charcoal for the forge. One hundred and 

 twenty feet. 



13. Black-butt(^. pUularis), — "Wood like Stringy, 

 bark, and used for similar purposes. Small spars of 

 this species are used for shipping. It is almost the 

 only Eucalyptus that is used for this purpose ; inferior 

 fuel. One hundred and fifty to two hundred fegt. 



14. Yellow Black-butt (^. obttmflora). — Timber 

 like the preceding, but softer and more easily work- 

 ed, and of a yellow tint. It is a remarkably quick 

 grower. One hundred and fifty feet. 



15. COMMOX Box {U. hemipfUoia). — A hard but use. 

 ful timber, strong, tough, and durable, but will not 

 last as posts or piles sunk in the ground. It is, also, 

 a first-class fuel both for domestic use and for steam 

 or other industrial purposes. One hundred to one 

 hundred and fifty feet. 



16. Messmate, ob, Almond - leaved Steingy- 

 BAEK (£!. amygdaZina). — A first-class timber for floor- 

 ing-boards, joists, and other house-carpentry. It is 

 like Stringy-bark, but the tree is an ace larger, and it 

 is not so generally distributed. It is a bad wood for 

 domestic fuel, but is a first - rate smiths' charcoal. 

 One hundred, and fifty to two hundred feet. 



17. Black Box (^, 6Jcotor).— A highly valued tim- 

 ber - tree ; it is equal to tjie best Iron - bark for all the 



