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OTHER AUSTRALIAN TIMBERS. 



The following Australian timbers may also be noted^ 

 with the remark that much observation and experiment 

 are still needed before our information concerning them 

 is complete : — 



Acacia Cunningkami, a close-grained and useful 

 cabinet wood, not unlike Red Cedar, but heavier ; 

 A. decurrens, much used for staves ; A. excelsa, a beauti- 

 ful cabinet wood, with the peculiar violet odour found 

 in several of these Acacias ; A. melanoxylon, the " Black- 

 wood," one of the most valuable timbers of Australia, 

 and employed for all kinds of construction, carpentry, 

 and ornamental work, and well reported upon at the 

 Indian and Colonial Exhibition; and A. salicina, used 

 for furniture. Several others of the many Australian 

 Acacias, or " Wattles," are also used in carpentry, 

 cabinet work, and turning, and would probably repay 

 further inquiry into their value for these purposes. 

 Achras australis and some other species of sapotacae 

 also seem worthy of trial, and the same is probable of 

 some of the Australian Albizzias. 



Cedrela Toona, the Toon of India, is well known 

 and valued in New South Wales and Queensland under 

 the name of Cedar, or " Red Cedar." See p. 209. 



Ceratopetalum apetalum yields the " Light-wood " or 

 " Coach-wood " of New South Wales, a tough timber 

 used especially in carriage-making. 



Daviesia arborea, the " Queen-wood," is highly 

 spoken of as a timber " destined to take a prominent 

 position with cabinet-makers." 



Dysoxylon Fraserianum, often termed Rose-wood 

 and Pencil Cedar, is a Mahogany-like, fragrant wood. 



