2 NOTES ON THE VEGETABLE PRODUCTS OF TASMANIA. 



Height, 150 to 300 feet ; sp. grav. about "885. Growing in forests with 

 other kinds of Eucalyptus, in rather humid localities. A small variety, 

 called the manna tree, grows abundantly about Hobart Town and in 

 other places, on dry ground. Price, for general purposes, the same as 

 that of blue-gum ; 5-feet palings, 6s. to 8s. per 100. 



Gum-topped Stringy Bark, sometimes called White Gum {Eucalyptus 

 gigantea, var.) — A tree resembling the blue gum in foliage, with rough 

 bark similar to stringy bark towards the stem. It has been found recently 

 that this wood possesses nearly all the properties of strength, solidity, 

 and durability of the blue gum — whilst, being straight-grained, it is 

 much easier to work. It is very abundant about D'Entrecasteaux. Chan- 

 nel. An old plank from the Hobart Town Wharf, which has been 

 twenty years in use, may be seen in the timber trophy. Price, about the 

 same as blue gum. 



Peppermint Tree {Eucalyptus amygdalina, Lab.) — Common name, 

 from the odour of the leaves. Diameter, 3 to 8 feet ; average, about 4 

 feet. Height, 100 to 150 feet ; sp. grav. about - 895. The peppermint 

 tree abounds throughout the island, on gravelly and other poor soil. 

 Price, about the same as that of swamp gum. 



Huon Pine {Dacrydium Franklinii, Hooker, fils.) — So called, because it 

 was first discovered on the banks of the Huon river. Diameter, 3 to 8 

 feet ; average, about 4-| feet. Height, 50 to 120 feet ; sp. grav. about 

 •650. Abundant in portions of the south-western part of the island. 

 Price, about 16s. per 100 superficial feet, in the log. 



Blackwood {Acacia melanoxylon, Br.) — So called ffrom the dark- 

 brown colour of the mature wood, which becomes black when washed 

 with lime-water. In moist, shaded localities the trees grow more 

 rapidly,, and the wood is of a much lighter colour. Hence this variety is 

 called " Light wood" (in Hobart Town), to distinguish it from the other. 

 Diameter, 1^ to 4 feet ; average, about 2j feet. Height, 60 to 130 feet. 

 Sp. grav. about "885. Found throughout the island, but not abundantly 

 in any one locality. Price, about 12s. to 14s. per 100 feet superficial, in 

 the log. 



Native Myrtle (Fagus Cunninghamii, Hook.) — Common name, from 

 the fancied resemblance of its dark-green leaves to those of the myrtle. 

 Diameter, 2 to 9 feet ; average, about 3 J feet. Height, 60 to 180 feet. 

 Sp. grav. about *795. The native myrtle exists in great abundance 

 throughout the western half of the island, growing in forests to a great 

 size, in humid situations. Price, about I6s. per 100 feet superficial, in 

 the log. 



Celery-topped Pine {Phillocladus rhomboidalis, Rich.) — So called 

 from the fancied similarity in form of the upper part of the branchlets 

 to celery. Diameter, 1J to 2 feet ; average, about 1^ feet. Height, 60 

 to 150 feet. Sp. grav. about "655. Rather common in damp forests in 

 the southern parts of the island, and in some sub-alpine localities. 



