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sula and Ceylon, where it grows 30 or 40 feet high, producing a firm and 

 durable wood of a brownish yellow tint with silvery shading. It is 

 used in Ceylon chiefly for carriages and house-building. 



Exocarpus cupressiformis, Lab. (Native cherry.) — An Australian tree 

 growing to a height of about 50 feet and 1 to 2 feet in diameter. The 

 timber is very closed grained, of a light and even colour, and might 

 probably be found of service for turnery purposes. It is apt to split 

 unless care is taken in drying. 



Acacia Farnesiana, Willd. — A small tree growing in India, St. Do- 

 mingo, the South of Europe, &c, producing a hard and tough wood of an 

 even grain, and a clear yellow colour. It is much used in India for tent 

 pegs, the knees of ships, &c. 



Idea altissima, Aubl. (Eed or White Cedar of British Guiana.) — Where 

 the tree grows to a height of about 100 feet, the wood squaring from 

 1 to 3 feet. It is of a dingy yellow colour, rather open grained, but 

 takes a good polish. It is easily worked and not liable to split. A 

 strong aromatic odour is contained in the wood, which effectually keeps 

 away insects, and adapts it for cabinets, wardrobes, &c. As a proof of 

 the durability of this wood it may be stated that one of the canoes that 

 accompanied Sir R. Schomburgk in his expedition into the interior, was 

 simply a hollowed trunk of this tree, which, after four years' hard 

 service was found to be perfectly sound, 



Darkish Yellow Woods. 



Piihecolobium pruinosum, Bth. (Meroan gangne.) — A common tree at 

 Dlawarra, in New South Wales, growing to a height of about 60 feet, 

 with a diameter of from 1 to 2 feet. The wood is of a deep yellow colour 

 covered with dark wavy lines and knots ; well adapted for all kinds of 

 cabinet work. 



Fagarastrum capense, Don. (Knobhout, of the Cape of Good Hope.) — 

 Tree about 10 feet high. The timber is firm and close grained, of a 

 beautiful dark silvery yellow, the annual rings distinct in fine dark 

 parallel lines running transversely. Slabs of nearly 18 inches in breadth 

 may be obtained from this tree. 



Podocarpus spinulosus, Spr. (White Pine of New South Wales). — A 

 large tree frequently attaining a height of 120 feet. The wood is close 

 but easily worked ; some specimens are very beautifully figured with 

 dark markings. It has been suggested that this wood might prove valu- 

 able for the sounding boards of musical instruments. 



Cupania Australis, A Cunn. (Tamarind tree of New South Wales.) 

 —It grows to about 90 feet high, producing a firm, close-grained wood, 

 with dark, cloudy markings running transversely. This wood appears 

 well adapted for panelling and some of the larger kinds of cabinet work. 



Callistemon pallidum, Dc. (Broad-leaved Tea tree.) — Also a native of 



