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tough, strong, liable to insect attack* Formerly used for boome- 

 rangs, mulgas and spears, and nowadays in Tasmania for cask-staves, 

 tree-nails, etc. 



Wattle, Feathery (A. decurrens Willd.). Hew South Wales and 

 Tasmania. Known also as " Black " or " Green Wattle." Ahorig. 

 " Wat-tah." Height 40—50 ft. ; diam. 1—1 J ft. S.G. 773—727. 

 W 62-8 — 45. Sapwood white, heart pinkish, hght, tough, strong, 

 easily worked, very liable to the attacks of boring beetles. Good for 

 fuel or staves. 



Wattle, Golden (i) {A. p^/cndntha Benth.). South-East Austraha. 

 Known also as '' Green " or " Broad-leaved Wattle." S.G. 830. 

 W 51-5, Tough, close-grained, (ii) (A, longi folia) [See Sallow]. 



Wattle, Green. See Wattle, Feathery, and Wattle, Golden. 

 Wattle, Hiekory {A, aulacocdrpa A. Cunn.). Queensland. Dark- 

 red, heavy, hard, tough. Useful for cabinet-work. 



Wattle, Prickly {A. juni'penna Willd.). South-East Austraha 

 and Tasmania. Height 8 — 12 ft. ; diam. small. White, light, 

 tough. Used for mallet-handles. 



Wattle, Silver (i) {A. dealbdta Link.). Eastern Austraha and 

 Tasmania ; estabhshed in India since 1840. Height 60 — 120 ft. ; 

 diam. 1 — 2 ft. Light-brown, moderately hard, warping consider- 

 ably. Used for cask-staves, tree-nails, turnery, and fuel, (ii) [See 

 Wattle, Black (iii)]. (iii) [See Blackwood]. 



Wellingtonia. See Big Tree. 



Whitethorn. See Hawthorn. 



White wood, a name sometimes appHed in the EngUsh timber- 

 trade to the Norway Spruce. [See Spruce.] In the United States 

 it refers mainly to Liriodendron [See Tulip-tree]. In Australia it is 

 either (i) Lagundria [See Tulip-tree (i)], or Pittosporum bicolor 

 [See Cheesewood]. 



Whitewood, American or Canary {Liriodendron). See Tulip-tree. 



Whitewood, Mowbulan. See Laurel (i). 



Willow, a name restricted in Europe and North America to the 

 numerous and variable species of the genus Sdlix ; but extended in 

 Austraha to several trees in no way related to the true Willows or 

 to one another. These will be dealt with after the true WiUows. 

 Some species of Sdlix are herbaceous and others mere prostrate 

 undershrubs of no value. Several other species and their numerous 

 hybrids are cultivated as coppice, in river eyots or wet ground, 

 under the name of " Osiers," for the manufacture of wicker-work. 

 Until about a hundred years ago aJl our osiers were imported from 

 HoUand. Of these the chief are S. vimindlis L., the Common Osier 

 (Germ, " Korbweide "), with silky hairs on its young branches ; 



