2S6 TIMBER AND TIMBER TREES. [CHAP.XXlll. 



Owenia venosa, the Sour Plunij is allied to the 

 Mahogany, and is said to be a very strong and durable, 

 orname ntal, yellow and black timber. 



Panax Murrayi, the Pencil-wood of New South 

 Wales, is said to be the lightest wood in Victoria, and 

 cuts splendidly for lining boards. It must not be 

 confounded with the Pencil Cedars or other Cedars of 

 commerce. 



Stenocarpus salignus, often called Silky Oak (but 

 again different from any other so-called " Oaks "), is a 

 valuable, but now rather scarce, furniture and coopers' 

 wood. 



Syncarpia laurifolia, Turpentine Tree of New South 

 Wales, is valuable for piles, ship-building, &c., owing to 

 its resistant properties, due to resinous contents. 



Synoum glandulosum, Dog-wood, is a Cedar-like, 

 scented, red wood for inside work. 



Tristania conferta, the White Box of New South 

 Wales, is used in ship-building ; T. suaveolens, Bastard 

 Peppermint, for carriage work, &c., and others of these 

 Myrtles for various purposes. 



These are by no means all the useful timbers of 

 Australia, and the reader is referred to Maiden's 

 " Useful Native Plants of Australia " for further in- 

 formation. 



