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Blue Gum (E. Globulus), Red Gum (J7. rostrdta), Box {E, hemipMoia F), 

 Thingan (Hopea odordta), Puhutukawa {Metrosidiros tomentSsa), 

 Molave {VUex geniculdta and F. aUissima), Dungon {StercMia 

 cymUjormis), Yacal [Shorea reticulata), Mangachapuy, {Shorea 

 Mangdchapoi), Betis (Payena Betis), Ipil {Afzelia Ujuga), Guijo 

 {Shorea robusta), Narra {Pterocdrpus pdlUdus and P. santalinus), 

 Batitinan (?), and Palomaria de Playa (Galoph^Uum Inophyllum F) ; 

 in the fourth, those of the first and second line when second-hand ; 

 in the fifth, Stringy Bark [Eucal'^ptus obliqua, etc.), Red Cedar 

 (apparently Gedrila Toona), Banaba, which is the Jarul of India, 

 and Philippine Islands Cedar (probably chiefly Oedrela Toona) ; in 

 the sixth, Danish and other Continental White Oak, Mahogany 

 (Swietenia Mahogani), Spanish Chestnut {Oastdnea sativa), Flooded 

 Gum {Eucalyptus saligna), Spotted Gum [E. maculdta), Grey Gum 

 {E, vimindlis), Turpentine {E, Stuartidna, chiefly), Black Butt {E. 

 piluldris), Tulip-wood {Harpullia pendula .?), Tallow-wood (Eucalyp- 

 tus microcorys), and Mulberry(?) ; in the seventh, North American 

 White Oak {Quercus dlba) ; in the eighth, Pitch Pine {Pinus rigida), 

 Oregon Pine {PseudotsUga Dougldsii), Huon Pine {Dacr^^dium Frank- 

 linii), Kauri Pine (Agathis austrdlis), Larch {Ldrix europcea), Hack- 

 matack or Tamarac {L. americdna), and Juniper (1) ; in the ninth, 

 Dantzic, Memel, and Riga Pine {Pinus sylvestris), and American 

 Red Pine (P. resinosa) ; in the tenth, Enghsh Ash {Frdxinus ex- 

 celsior) ; in the eleventh, foreign Ash {F. sambucifolia americdna, 

 etc.), and Rock Maple {Acer barbdtum) ; in the twelfth, American 

 Rock Elm {tflmus americdna and racemosa), and Hickory {Hicoria 

 ovdta, dlba, glabra, minima, Pecan, etc.) ; in the thirteenth, European 

 and American Grey Elm {Ulmus campestris and others) ; in the 

 fourteenth, Black Birch {Betula lento) and Black Walnut {Juglans 

 nigra) ; in the fifteenth. Spruce Pir {Picea excMsa), Swedish or 

 Norway Red Pine, and Scotch Fir ; {Pinus sylvestris) ; in the six- 

 teenth, Beech {Fdgus sylvdtica) ; and in the seventeenth. Yellow 

 Pine {Pinus Strobus), 



The Turpentine-tree {Syncdrpia laurifolia), White Box {Tristdnia 

 confirta), Box {Eucal'^ptus hemipMoia) and Spotted Gum {E. macu- 

 lata) of New South Wales are also generally useful. The Securipa 

 and Guarabu of Brazil, the latter of which may be Termindlia 

 acuminata or Peltog'^ne macrolobium, though little known, are 

 employed locally ; but the Stringy-bark of Tasmania {Eucalyptus 

 obliqua) and the Blue Gums {E. Globulus in Tasmania, and E. 

 hotryoides in Victoria) have been proved suitable both for beams 

 and planks. Other dense timbers are employed mainly for beams 

 and keelsons, such as the Mora of Demerara {Dimorphdndra Mora, 

 or Mora excelsa), Tewart {Eucalyptus gomphociphala) of West 



