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rails, etc. It should be steamed before it is worked for 

 planking. Next to the Jarrah from West Australia this is 

 the best Eucalyptus wood for resisting the attacks of 

 the crustaceous chelura and limnoria, the teredo mollusk and 

 white ants. For other details of the uses of this or other 

 Victorian trees, refer to the Reports of the Victorian Exhibi- 

 tions of 1862 and 1867. 



Eucalyptus salmonophloia, P. v. Mueller. 



The Salmon-barked Gum-Tree of South-West Australia, attain- 

 ing a height of 120 feet. The timber is good for fencing, 

 while the foliage is available for profitable oil distillation. The 

 shining white or purplish bark does not give off a white 

 coloration like E. redunca. 



Eucalyptus saligna, Smith. 



A tall tree, one of the White or Grey Gum-Trees of New 

 South Wales. This species has succeeded best and grown 

 with celerity on the plains of North India. (Dr. Brands and 

 Dr. Bonavia.) 



Eucalyptus salubris, F. v. Mueller. 



The Gimletwood or Fluted Gum-Tree of West and Central 

 Australia, living on poor, dry soil. It is generally a slender- 

 stemmed tree, 100 feet high, 2 feet in diameter, with a small 

 crown. The bark is shining with a brownish tinge, and 

 broad, longitudinal, and often twisted impressions, or roundish, 

 blunt, longitudinal ridges. The wood is hard and tough, but 

 comparatively easily worked, heavier than water, even when 

 dry. It serves for roofing, fencing, poles, and shafts, etc. 

 For xylography it is better than Pear- Tree wood and deserves 

 attention for this purpose. The tree exudes kino. 



Eucalyptus siderophloia, Bentham. 



The Large-leaved or White Iron-Bark Tree of New South 

 Wales and South Queensland, attaining a height of 150 feet. 

 According to the Rev. Dr. WooUs this furnishes one of the 

 strongest and most durable timbers of New South Wales ; 

 with great advantage used for railwa;y sleepers and for many 

 building purposes. It is harder even than the wood of B. • 

 sideroxylon, but thus also worked with more difiiculty. The 

 price of the timber is about 2«, 6d. per cubic foot in the log. 

 The tree yields much kino. 



Eucalyptus Stuartiana, F. v. Mueller. 



South-East Australia. A splendid tree, attaining a height of 



