CCCXLIII.—JARRAH TIMBER. 



Eucalyptus marginata, Sm. 



The following correspondence is supplementary to the particulars 

 published in the AW- Bulletin for September 1890 (pp. 188-190), on 

 the use of Jarrah timber for the purpose of paving the can-iageways 



Roya 



Vestry Hall, Pancras Road, N.W., 

 Dkar Sir, 25th May 1893. 



With further reference to the subject of borings in Jarrah and 

 Karri timber, I am sending you to-day two blocks of Karri and one of 

 Jarrah, and also a piece oi fn i , i, uh ch 1 . mi .« r-.,s ., i.-w d.-iv- mo 

 when in the country, which shows oval holes similar to those i ' 



and perforating the wood promiscuously with regard 

 to grain ; in this timber I found grubs actually at work. Having in 



mind th- fact that the particles of wood, in many rases iillinjr the holes 

 in the Australian wood without ; , W(>UK l ] 1;m > 



taken plan- J llul ( ,,,,-ossed to oval 



i-.nn U the |.r of the growth of the tree as you su L ^. -t. F Mm 



nulueed tofona ihernneluHon that the borings have bet n'made m„, t 

 the action of 



i lines approximately c 



of holes in thai position; but in 

 !i " l'Io<-ks sent yon will find ho], whidi van somewhat from that 

 course, and in the piece of fir you will notice how the whole <»f the 

 surface immediately under the hark has been removed l.v tlie action of 

 the -nibs which also peuet.>at< ihe tli ,!„ ; 

 again adopt a course which the. found the) - -.-.. 



In the Jarrah blocks I send, you will notice the holes are enthvh 

 ,!!tl '" ! "' !ir - '"■''>? '■""'" "' ill-- nature of worm-eaten wood commonh 

 found in our local timbers, particularly beech and oak, and which horinir 

 is undoubtedly done after the timber has been cut and often made up 

 into furniture. 



I had a copy sent me of a weekly paper, " Timber," dated May 20th. 

 1803, in which V. . Merhucn, KWineer- 



in-Chief to the Natal 11 . , Xf , ( . r J!neHts 



1 i.i'l' «itl Mad ua-( n ti nli .,hci p I ith s.i pi. - . 1 Vu-li ! ! <n 



J. R. Jackson, Esq., 



Curator of Museums, 



Royal Gardens, Kew. 



