AUSTRALIAN WHITE BEECH 



No. 1 1 a. LIME TREE (Small- leaved). Tilia cordata. 



Mill. 

 Plate II. Fig. io. 



Synonyms. T. parvifolia, Ehrh. T. europea var. C: Linn. 

 T. ulmifolia, Scop. 



Alternative Name. Winterlinde (129). 



Source of Supply. Europe generally. 



Physical Characters, etc. Recorded dry-weight 29I-32J lbs. 

 per cu. ft. Smell " peculiar and rather unpleasant " (113). 

 Other characters as Tilia americana. 



Bark. " Grey : remains supple for 20 or 30 years, and at 

 that age becomes marked with long, fine fissures separated 

 by wide intervals. When very old it resembles that of old 

 Oaks " (169). " Reddish-brown, later black " (106). 



Uses, etc. " Not very durable but works well and warps 

 little — cuts in all directions without splitting and is little subject 

 to the attacks of worms. Not suitable for works of construction ; 

 turnery, sabots " (69). " Better than the wood of the large- 

 leaved Lime " (129). " Subject to the attacks of worms " (113) ! 

 It makes good pianoforte sounding-boards. 



Authorities. Mathieu (69), p. 31. Nordlinger (86), vol. i., 

 p. 63. Westermeier (129), p. 16. Weisner (131), L. 12, p. 972. 

 Schwartz (106), p. 482. Stevenson (113), p. 104. 



Colour. Whitish, reddish or pale-yellow. A sap-wood tree, 

 no heart-wood. It resembles the wood of T. americana (which 

 should be compared), but the rays are clearer and brighter. 

 The shade or colour of the transverse section in this species is 

 much darker than that of the Radial and Tangential sections. 



Type specimens from commercial sources and also from trees 

 known before felling. 



No. 12. AUSTRALIAN WHITE BEECH. 

 Elaeocarpus Kirtoni. F.v.M. 

 Plate II. Fig. ii. 

 Natural Order. Tiliaceae. 

 Alternative Name. Kirton-wood (5). 

 Sources of Supply. Queensland, New South Wales. 

 Physical Characters, etc. Weight 32I-46 lb. per cu. ft. Hard- 

 ness Grade 7, compare Birch or Deal. Smell none, taste slightly 

 astringent. Burns well with a rather agreeable aroma, embers 

 glow in still air. Solution with water extremely faint, with 

 alcohol faint brown. 



Grain. Moderately fine and open. Surface lustrous, the pores 

 usually dull, but sometimes shining : readily soils. 



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