56 NOTES ON. APPARENTLY USEFUL WOODS 



New South Wales, growing to about 50 or 60 feet in height. The wood 

 is hard and very close grained, of a dusky brownish yellow colour ; it 

 requires careful drying or is apt to split. 



Ceratopetalum apetalum, Don. (Light Wood of New South Wales.) — 

 Produces a fine-grained wood easily worked, has a light-coloured ground 

 with dark stripes, and looks well when polished. It is a large tree 

 attaining a height of 130 feet, from which slabs can be procured 3 or 4 

 feet in breadth. 



Oxleya Xanthoxyla, Cunn. (Yellow Wood.) — Is also a native of Aus- 

 tralia, where it is used for boat-building ; a dye is also obtained from it, 

 hence its vernacular name. The wood is hard and close-grained, of a 

 deepish yellow°colour with a silvery tinge, and looks well when polished. 

 It is a large tree growing 100 feet high. 



Caryocar tomentosum, Willd. (Souari Wood of British Guiana.) — It 

 is a dense heavy wood, of a deep yellow colour, with a brownish tinge, 

 and is said to excel for ship -building, besides being used for various 

 other piu'poses. It may be obtained 40 feet in length, squaring 16 to 20 

 inches. 



Erythrina Corallodendron L. (Barracara.) — This likewise is one of the 

 hard heavy woods of British Guiana. It is even grained, of a brownish 

 yellow colour without markings. 



Gymnocladus Canadensis, Lam. — A native of North America, growing 

 to a height of about 30 or 40 feet. The wood is of a darkish silvery 

 yellow, with light brown stripes, tolerably firm, and close grained ; looks 

 well when polished. 



Gleditschia triacanthos, L. (Honey Locust tree of North America.)-^- 

 Growing 30 or 40 feet high. The wood of this tree somewhat resembles 

 the last, being of a silvery yellow, with darkish stripes, though not 

 quite so dark on the whole. 



Acacia julibrissin, Willd. (A native of the Levant and the East Indies.) 

 — The tree attains a height of about 30 or 40 feet, producing a close and 

 even-grained wood, of a deep silvery yellow, variegated with narrow 

 brown stripes. 



Olinia Capensis, Klotz. (Hardpeer.) — A native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope, growing about 16 or 18 feet high, with a diameter of 10 to 12 

 inches. The wood is hard, compact and heavy, of a brownish yellow 

 colour. It is much used for picture frames, various fancy purposes, and 

 for the axles of waggons, &c. 



Cryptocarya glaucescens, R. Br. (Oorawang, or Laurel of New South 

 Wales.) — Where the tree attains a height of 120 feet and a diameter of 

 2 to 4 feet. The wood is rather soft, but might be found usefid for 

 many purposes, being of a clear darkish yellow, taking a good polish. 



Eupomatia laurina, R. Br. (Balwarra.) — A New South Wales tree 

 growing 20 or 30 feet high, and having a diameter of 8 to 16 inches ; 



