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produces a somewhat softish wood, which nevertheless might be found 

 useful. It is of a silvery yellow colour with a brownish transparent 

 appearance, and looks well when polished. 



Phoberos Mundtii, W. Am. (Klipdoorn.) — A native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope, producing a clear, brownish yellow, hard and close-grained 

 wood, much used by builders, as also in the construction of carriages 

 and waggons. It can be obtained 20 to 30 feet long, with a diameter of 

 about 3 feet. 



Erytliroxijlon Coca, Lam. (Native of Peru, but found also in Africa.-- 

 — It is a tree growing 20 or 30 feet high, and produces a close, even 

 grained, compact wood ; the sap wood being of a lightish tinge, while 

 the heart wood has a tendency to a pinkish brown. 



Koelreuteria paniculata, Lamx. — A small tree not more than 20 feet 

 high, native of China, producing a wood of a silvery yellow, with dark- 

 ish stripes, something like the wood of Gymnodadus Canadensis, but not 

 quite so dark. 



Geigera multifiora, Muell. (Kaligneen.) — A New South Wales tree, 

 attaining a height of about 90 feet, with a diameter of 1 to 2 feet ; very 

 abundant at Illawarra. The wood is very hard, close grained and firm, 

 of a rich deepish yellow with dark wavings. 



Xanthoxylum Clava Hercules, L. (Hercules club, or Prickly Yellow 

 Wood of Jamaica.) — The tree grows to a height of 50 or 60 feet, pro- 

 ducing a rather coarse grained, but solid and heavy wood, of a brownish 

 yellow colour, used in Jamaica for furniture, inlaying, and also for 

 flooring. 



Piscidia erythrina, L. (White Dogwood.) — Also a native of Jamaica ; 

 produces a hard and heavy wood, of a dull brownish yellow colour, much 

 valued for its durability. The tree grows to a height of about 30 feet, 

 and is common in Jamaica, the Bahamas, Antigua, &c. 



Piscidia Carthaginensis, L. (Bitch Wood, or Black Dogwood of Ja- 

 maica.) — Is considered by some as only a variety of the former species. 

 The woods are much alike, both in grain and colour. This is largely 

 used in Jamaica for wheels and carriages. 



Eucalyptus globulus, Labil. (Blue gum.) — A very large Tasmanian 

 tree, where it grows to over 300 feet in height. The wood is very tough 

 and durable, of a duD brownish yellow colour, without any great beauty ; 

 but takes a good polish. It is much used for ship and house-building 

 bridges, &c. Very many of the Eucalypti (the Gum trees of Australia,) 

 produce very tough and durable woods of a large size ; but the species 

 are so numerous and so imperfectly known, that it is impossible to give 

 detailed account of their value with accuracy. 



Eugenia Zeyheri, Harv. Wilde Jambos of the Cape of Good Hope, 

 where it grows to a height of from 15 to 20 feet, and a breadth of 9 to 

 12 inches, producing a timber, very compact and close-grained, of a 

 brownish yellow colour. 



