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mont and Saskatchewan to Texas, Arizona, and Florida, most 

 common and best in the Mississippi valley. Height 50 — 60 ft. ; 

 diam. 1| — 2 ft. S.G. 718. W 4:4-35. Brown, with obscure pith- 

 rays and several rows of open ducts in each ring. Heavy, hard, and 

 strong. Somewhat inferior to White Ash ; but often employed for 

 the same purposes. 



Ash, Grey. See Ash, Red. 



Ash, Moreton Bay (Eucalyptus tesseldris F. v. Muell. : Order 

 Myrtdcece), Central and North-Eastern Australia. " Ilumba," 

 " Corang," and '' Carbeen " of natives. Height 30 — 60 ft. ; diam. 

 1 — 2 ft. Dark brown, tough, not hard or durable. Used for 

 building purposes, being of better quahty in the warmer parts of its 

 range. 



Ash, Mountain {Pyrus Aucupdria L. Order Bosdcem). See 

 Rowan. 



Ash, Mountain {Alphitonia excelsa Reisseek : Order Rhamndcece). 

 North-Eastern Austraha. Also known as " Red Ash," " Leather- 

 jacket," '' Humbug," " Murr-rung." Height 45 — 50 ft. ; diam. 

 1 — 2 ft. W 53. Heart light-red to dark-brown ; sapwood pinkish, 

 darkening with age, hard, close-grained, very tough, polishing well, 

 durable, but warps in drying. Valuable for staves and, perhaps, 

 for gun-stocks. 



The name is also appHed in the lUawarra district of New South 

 Wales to Mceocdrpus longifoUa C. Moore and E. Kirtoni Bailey 

 (the latter being also known as " Australian White Beech " or 

 " Earton wood "), close and fine-grained, light-brown woods, easily 

 worked and employed by wheelwrights and for oars ; and in other 

 parts of Austraha to Eucal'^ptus Stuartidna F. v. M., the Apple- 

 scented Gum, to E, Sieberidna E. v. M., the Cabbage Gum, to 



E, piluldris Sm., the Blackbutt, to E, pauciflora Sieb., to E, hcemd- 

 stoma Sm., the Scribbly Gum, in East Gippsland to E, goniocdlyx 



F. V. M. (See Box, Bastard), and in Victoria to E, amygdalina 

 LabilL, and especially the tall variety regnans. This last-named 

 species is a native of Southern Austraha and Tasmania, and is 

 probably the tallest tree on the globe, often reaching 100 — 150 ft., 

 with diam. from 3 — 8 ft., but in some cases 400, 410, or even 

 420 or 471 ft. It is, therefore, appropriately caUed " Giant Gum," 

 the name " Peppermint tree " belonging apparently to smaller 

 specimens. The Gippsland aboriginal name " Wangara " is the 

 equivalent of " Stringybark," apphed to many other species. S.G. 

 air-dried 1045—1076, dry 908—703. W 47-54. R 778—1,152 lbs. 

 Light yellowish brown, with a neat striped figuring, straight in 

 grain, easily worked, sometimes proving durable under water, not 

 twisting in drying, suitable for fencing, shingles, ships' planks, 



