CONIFEROUS TIMBER TREES. 



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XI.— CONIFEEOUS TREES VALUABLE FOR THEIR TIMBER. 



The great value of Coniferous timber for constructive work has 

 been frequently adverted to in the preceding pages. The following 

 Synoptic Table contains the names of the principal Coniferous 

 trees felled for their timber, either for use in their native 

 countries, or for exportation. Many other Coniferous trees, not 

 included in the - table, are known to yield more or less useful 

 timber, but owing to their present inaccessibility, "or the presence 

 of other kinds of superior quality, or from some other cause, 

 their wood is not yet much employed for economic purposes. 



There is much confusion in the commercial nomenclature of Coni- 

 ferous timber, -so that it is frequently impossible for those not 

 engaged in the business to identify the tree referred to under the 

 commercial name of the timber it produces. Thus " fir " and " pine " 

 are used indiscrimin ately for Abies and Pinus ; and such terms as 

 white pine, yellow pine, red pine, &c, are not unfrequently applied 

 to timber produced by the same species but brought from different 

 ports 



The timber of some of the Agathis ( Darnmara), Podocarps, and 

 Darydiums is also called " pine " in Australia and New Zealand. 



