14 TIMBERS AND THEIR USES 



Gruiana. A hard durable timber with black 

 heartwood. 



Pear (Turnery). 



Pine, Black (Piles). 



Pine, Dundatha, Agathis robusta, also called 

 Queensland Kauri, occurs in Queensland. An 

 easily worked timber which, though close grained, 

 is soft. Pale yellow in colour. 



Pine, Long Leaf (Medicine). 



Pine, Moeeton Bay, Araucaria CunningTiami 

 (Fig. 41), also known as Hoop Pine. Occurs in 

 Queensland and New Guinea. A hard, strong, 

 easily worked wood of a pale colour. Fairly 

 durable. 



Pine, Northern (Fig. 43) (Building). 



Pine, Sugar (Cooperage). 



Plane, Eastern, Platanus orientalis, also 

 known as Lacewood. Maple-leaved Plane tree, 

 occurs in the Mediterranean region and Europe 

 generally. This is a fine but open -grained 

 timber, easily polished but not very durable. 

 The sapwood is pinkish in colour and the heart- 

 wood yellowish, reddish or brownish according 

 to age, the old wood is not unlike Walnut in 

 appearance. 



Plum (Musical Instruments). 



Plum, Sour, Owenia venosa, also known as 

 Tulip wood, occurs in Queensland. A very hard, 



