196 WOODS OF COMMERCE 



Used for cabinet-work, planes and other carpenters' tools, and 

 suitable for engraving. 



Kapor. See Camphor, Borneo. 



Karamatsxi. See Larch, Japanese. 



Karri {Eucalyptus diversicolor P. v. M. : Order Myrtdcece). South- 

 West Australia. Sometimes known as '' Blue Gum." Height 

 300^400 ft.; diam. 3—12 ft. S.G. 1,023—885. W 50—72. 

 E 760 tons, e^ 2-10. ^p' 1-05. /i5 6-20. /c 2-92. c 7,070. c' -934. 

 Reddish, very heavy, slightly wavy or curled in grain, but without 

 ornamental figure, hard, tough, strong, elastic, not so easily wrought 

 as Jarrah, subject to star-shake and gum- veins, durable under 

 water or when exposed to alternate drought and wet, but not 

 between wind and earth, comparatively non-inilammable, but 

 more liable to dry-rot than Jarrah. Much used locally for wheels, 

 ship-building, and planks, being classed in the third-line of Lloyd's 

 Register, suited for piles and bridges, and coming into use for 

 paving-blocks, waggon-building, and for furniture. Stated to 

 cover 2,300 miles of country. 



Katsura {Gercidiph'^Uum japonicum S. and Z. : Order Magnoli- 

 acecB), Hokkaido, Japan. Height 80 ft. ; diam. 3 ft. Used in 

 building, carpentry, and turnery. 



Kauri {AgatMs austrdlis Sahsb. = Ddmnmra austrdlis Lamb. : 

 Order Araucarinece). North Island, New Zealand. " Kauri " or 

 " Cowdie Pine." Height 120—200 ft. ; diam. 4—10 or 20 ft. at 

 base. S.a 498—623. W 38-96— 37-4. E 470 tons, e' 1-78— 

 1-39. p' 1*01- *79. / 2-16. fc 2-03. c 4,543. c' -6. v' -769. 

 Sapwood 3 — 5 in. wide, very resinous : heart yellowish-white to 

 brown, clean, jBne, close and straight in grain, moderately hard for 

 Pine, very firm, strong and elastic, generally sound or with slight 

 heart-shake, shrinking very Httle in seasoning, planiAg up well, with 

 a beautiful silky lustre like the plainest Satinwood, taking a good 

 polish, staining well, wearing even, without splintering, and more 

 durable than any other Pine, except where exposed to the teredo. 

 It is sometimes richly mottled or " curly." Unrivalled for masts 

 and spars, valuable for the decks of yachts owing to its freedom 

 from knots and regularity of grain, used also for sleepers, telegraph- 

 posts, house-building, and joinery. It is the most valuable forest- 

 tree of New Zealand and the soft wood of the country ; but the 

 supply is limited, and, though there is a considerable export trade 

 to Australia, the cost of freight limits its employment elsewhere. 

 It is imported only in the form of sawn planks, its price in London 

 auctions being from 3s. 3d. to 4s. 6d. per cubic foot. 



Kauri, Queensland. See Pine, Dundatha. 



