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It is not easy to define what 'New England really is. I hare attempted to 

 define it in my Presidential Address before the Linnean Society of Ney 

 South Wales, vol. xxvi, 766 (1901), and the following note from Mr. Stop- 

 ford is interesting. The canons of eastern New England are full of this 

 pine, but it hardly comes on to the comparatively flat tableland. 



With reference to the growth of pine on the falls of New England, I always 

 consider that New England commences on the south, about Walcha, and 

 ^extends to Deepwater on the north, at both of which places ravines come up ; 

 from Tamworth and Apsley Falls on the south, and from Bolivia on the north, 

 the same country and conditions prevailing all along the western falls. It is 

 in these places that pine is found, but I do not think it is found, or at least 

 ■can generally be considered to be on tJie true tableland; at any rate, I do not 

 fcnow of it, upon what I would call this class of country. 



Thirty-five miles from Grafton, near Dalmorton, on the Little Eiver. 

 Plenty on the rocky banks. Sent to the mill at South Grafton (J. L. 

 JBoorman and J.H.M.) ; Howell (E. Hart) ; Warialda (H. M. E. Eupp, J. L. 

 Boorman, J.H.M.) ; Acacia Creek, Macpherson Eange (W. Dunn). 



Pokolbin, a few miles south-west of Maitland (R. H. Caitibage) is the 

 most easterly locality in that district know to me. 



QalUtris ciipressifoj'mis, Vent. 

 Botanical Name. — Cupressiformis, Latin, cypress-like. 



Vernacular Name. — " Port Jackson Pine '' (with Muelleri) ; " Oyster Bay 

 Pine " of Tasmania. 



Timier. — Not, a highly figured Cypress pine timber j, none of the coastal- 

 grown pines appear to, have much figure. " Wood soft, not supposed to be 

 •durable." (Sir William Macarthur, speaking of the Sydney district.) 

 I'imber from the Dorrigo is of very little figure, nearly as plain as that of 

 "O. Macleayana, and but slightly aromatic. Backhouse (Narrative, p. 142) 

 speaks of it as affording narrow-plank and small timber, which is useful in 

 huilding, but not easy to work, being liable to splinter; it has an aromatic 

 smell. 



The Tasmanian timber ( Oyster Bay Pine) is used for telegraph poles. 

 The bark must always be stripped as soon as cut, otherwise insects get in 

 ■and destroy the timber. The above notes I obtained at Oyster Bay. 



Wood of little use, said to be obnoxious to bugs, from its resinous odour. 

 (Fl. Tas.) 



Timber strong and durable, used for furniture, planks, weatherboards, 

 battens, &c. (Cat. Col. and Ind. Exh., 1886.) 



Size. — Usually a tree of 30 or 40 feet in height, with a stem diameter of 

 about a. foot. The largest tree measured by District Forester Eotton at 

 Tomerong, -IST.S.W., was 15 inches in diameter. 



Habitat. — Pound in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and 

 Tasmania. Usually it is found in rocky situations not far from the coast. 

 It would appear that its most inland localities are in Victoria. 



Specific localities in New South Wales are the Dorrigo district (head of 

 the Bellinger Eiver — here it is somewhat scattered and limited in quantity, 

 according to District Forester F. H. Wilshire; Kinchela, Port Maoquarie, 

 Port Jackson (including the site of the present Government House), 

 <Teorge's Eiver, Port Hacking, and the National Park. The most southerly 

 locality known to me is that recorded by District Forester Eotton, at Parma 

 Creek, near Tomerong, Shoalhaven district. 



