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good deal in quality, much of it, and particularly that found in the northern 

 parts of the State, is very durable, and has been used for wood blocks with 

 much success. I confidently recommend sound, mature Sydney Blue Gum 

 for this important purpose. 



The late Eev. Dr. Woolls informed me that a coffin made of it was found 

 to be in a sound state after fifty years. 



In the Nelligen (Clyde Eiver) district, where it is known as Redwood, it 

 is used by wheelwrights chiefly for felloes, and the local saw-millers often 

 go long distances for it. It is a favourable timber for inside work. On the , 

 South- Coast this tree strongly resembles the Woolly Butt in the trunk, 

 and the trees are hence often confused, local residents calling both - 

 Ilucalypius saligna and longifolva " Woolly Butt " with delightful imparti- 

 ality; but Woolly Butt for B. saligna is wrong, and is, I repeat, the result 

 of confusion. On the South Coast the Redwood (of course not to be con- 

 fused with Californian Redwood, so extensively used, in this State), is not 

 much used for posts or underground work, as it is not considered at all 

 durable. 



Timber hard, not heavj, colour red, that from the smooth trees straighter 

 in the grain than that from the rough-butted tree, whose timber is darker, 

 curled, and interlocked, resembling the wood Enn. tereticoriiis. If it were not 

 for its weight it would be a handsome furniture wood. Above ground It will 

 last a lifetime, but as posts it can only be depended on for from ten to fifteen 

 years. I have found both dry rot and white ants in it. The dwelling-house at 

 my place, 4 miles distant from here, is built chiefly of this timber, and I find 

 that many of the boards and some of the rafters are quite riddled by a minute 

 borer. (A. R. Crawford, referring to New England slopes (Moona Plains, 

 Walcha) timber.) 



Size. — Up to 150 feet high and more, and a diameter of 3 or 4- feet, 

 though exceptionally attaining a much greater size. 



Habitat. — Confined to New South Wales and Queensland, and essentially 

 a coastal and coastal-ranges tree. It does not extend further south, at least 

 in workable sizes, than Currawang, a few miles south of Nelligen, on the 

 Clyde Eiver. I should be glad to hear from correspondents as to its extreme 

 southern limit. North of this it is extensively diffused throughout the 

 coastal districts of New South Wales, while it is fairly plentiful in Southern ' 

 Queensland. 



It is the tree which gives the name to so many New South Wales locali- 

 ties which rejoice in the name of Blue Gum Flat — an indication of the 

 alluvial soil it prefers. 



Mr. A. R. Cra.wford, of Moona Plains, wrote to me as follows in February, 

 1896, in regard to its distribution in New England : — 



This species is found in heads of creeks on the eastern slopes, usually 

 smooth and white in appearance, like the Flooded Gum of the low country. 

 I have never seen the wood of trees grown there. On the tablelands it is ■ 

 found in the gullies, running into ranges, and also on ridgy ground. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE 13. 



A. Twig of young foliage. 

 2. Twig in flower. 



c. ifrout and back view of anthers. 

 D. Twig bearing fruits. 

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