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AUSTRALIAN BOTANY. 



8. PRINCIPAL TIMBER TREES OF COMMERCE. 



Common Name. 



Botanical Name. 



Native Country. 



Ash 



Fraxinus excelsior 



Europe, Asia, and Africa 



Beech (common) 



Fagus sylvaticd 



Europe and Asia J\ /\ 



Beech (Austra- 



Fagus Cunninghamii 



Victoria and Tasmania 



lian), or Myrtle 







Tree 







Birch 



Betula alba 



Europe and Asia 



Blue Gum 



Eucalyptus globulus 



Victoria and Tasmania 



Blackwood, or 



Acacia melanoxylon 



Victoria, New South 



Light wood 





Wales, South Aus- 

 tralia, and Tasmania 



Box 



Bitxus sempervirens 



Europe, Asia, and Africa 



Cheesewood 



Pitiosporum bicolor 



Victoria and Tasmania 



Cedar of Leba- 



Cedrus Libani 



Mounts Lebanon and 



non 





Taurus 



Cypress 



Cu press us sempervirens 



South Europe and Le- 

 vant 



Ebony 



Diospyros Ebenwn 



Ceylon 



Elm ' 



Ulmus campestris 



South Europe and Asia 



Hickory 



Carya, various species 



North America 



Jarrah, or Ma- 



Eucalyptus marginata 



Western Australia 



hogany Gum 







Karri, or West 



Eucalyptus diversicolor 



Western Australia 



Australian 





- 



Gum 







Kauri Pine 



Dammara australis 



New Zealand 



Lancewood 



Guatteria ( Oxandra) virgata 



Jamaica, Cuba, and 

 Hayti 



Lime, or Linden 



Tilia europcea 



Europe and Asia 



Tree 







Li^num-vitse 







Guaiaciun officinale 



Jamaica, Cuba, and 

 Venezuela 



Mahogany 



Swietenia Mahogani 



Mexico, Central 

 America, and West 

 Indies 



Maple 



Acer campeslre 



Europe and Asia - 



W- 



