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Tans (Barks and Woods). 



For analyses of the tannins contained in a number of Western Australian specieB, 

 see Rep. Forests Department, W.A., year ended 30th June, 1923, p. 54. 



Timbers. 



Timber (Colours). 

 (See Part LIII, p. 136.) 



" I think the colour of the wood is affected slightly by the age of the tree, and to a lesser extent by 

 the nature of the soil on which it grows ; to a somewhat larger extent by ' seasoning ' after being cut, and 

 to a still larger extent by time and exposure to the air after being seasoned." (Harry Hopkins, Bairnsdale, 

 Victoria.) 



Timbers (Inflammability). 

 See Part LIV, p. 209. Compare also the notes referring to Bush Fires at 

 Part XL VIII, p. 248, and p. of the present Part.) 



!; E. gigantea is, of all the Stringybarks, the most easily destroyed by fire." 

 (Harry Hopkins, Gippsland.) (See also notes below under E. alba, E. corymbosa.) 



For analysis of the ash of the bark and wood of E. Stricklandi, E. Le Souefii, 

 E. salmonophloia, and E. gomphocephala, see Report, Forests Department, W.A., year 

 ended 30th June, 1923, p. 52. 



Timbers (in general). 



136. E. alba Reinw. ' Very inferior, and not much used, even for burning." 

 (J. E. Tenison- Woods, Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S.W., vii, 332, as E. platyphylla). " Pale 

 rather soft and very brittle." (W. V. Fitzgerald, Kimberleys.) " Fairly dense, 

 yellowish." (C. A. Gardner, Kimberleys.) 



181. E. argillacea W. V. Fitzgerald. "Reddish, tough." (W. V. Fitzgerald.) 



157. E. brachyandra F.v.M. " Red, hard and tough." (W. V. Fitzgerald, 

 Kimberleys.) " Red, dense." (C. A. Gardner, Kimberleys.) 



83. E. Campaspe S. le M. Moore. " Like Salmon Gum (E. salmonophhia). ." 

 (District Forester Ferguson.) 



71. E. Cloeziana F.v.M. " E. Cloeziana is good for fencing. I used some here 

 twenty years ago, and it is sound to-day, just as good as any Ironbark that I ever used. 

 A blackfellow told me some time ago that this timber is what the blacks always used 

 in years gone by for their nulla-nullas, in preference to any other. This I can quite 

 understand, as it is a most durable timber. When travelling to Gayndah (55 miles from 

 here) I met a team going to a sawmill with a huge log of E. Cloeziana." (H. S. Bloxsome, 

 Delubra, Mundubbera, Queensland, October, 1922.) 



