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wide, nearly white ; heart irregular, reddish-brown, light, soft, not 

 strong, easny worked, and taking 'a beautiful polish^ Its yellow 

 twigs, known as " Golden Osiers," are used for basket-work, and 

 larger wood for fencing, fuel, and charcoal. 



In Australia the name " Willow " is applied (i) to Eucalyptus 

 piluldris [See Blackbutt] ; (ii) to Geijera parviflora ; and (iii) to 

 Pittosporum pMUyrceoides, which is sometimes termed " Native 

 Willow," a name also given to (iv) Acacia salicina, (ii) Geijera 

 parvi flora Lindl. (Order Rutdcecs). Known also as " Dogwood." 

 Aborig. " Wilga." Height 20 — 30 ft. ; diam. 6 — 12 in. Light- 

 coloured, fragrant, hard, close-grained, apt to split in seasoning, 

 and liable to gum-veins. Used for naves of wheels, (iii) Pitto- 

 sporum phillyrceoides DC. (Order Pittosporem) , EJaown also as 

 "' Butter-bush " and " Poison-berry." Height 20 — 25 ft. ; diam. 

 4 — 6 in. S.G. 767. Light-coloured, very hard, close-grained. 

 Useful for turnery, (iv) Acdoia salicina Lindl. (Order Leguminosce). 

 Height 30—50 ft. ; diam. 1— 1| ft. S.G. 763. W 47-5. Dark- 

 brown, prettily figured, heavy, close-grained, tough, taking a high 

 polish. Used for boomerangs and furniture. 



Wood-oil tree. See Gurjun, 



Woolly-butt (i) {Eucalyptus longifoUa Link. : Order Myrtdcece). 

 South-East Australia. Sometimes known as '' Bastard Box." 

 Height 100—150 ft. ; diam. 3—6 ft. S.G. 1,187. W 68-5. Dark- 

 red, heavy, hard, straight and close in grain, strong and tough, 

 liable to gum - veins and shakes, durable, especially underground. 

 When sound, much prized for the felloes and spokes of wheels, and 

 suitable for paving ; but on account of its gum- veins more used as 

 fuel. [See also (ii) Gum, Apple-scented, (iii) Mahogany, Bastard, 

 and (iv) Gum, Manna.] 



Yacca {Pddocdrpus coridcea Rich.jand P. Purdiedna Hook. : Order 

 Goniferce), West Indies. Small, pale brown. W 38*6 — 46*9. 

 E 456—596 tons. / 4-3—5-25. fc 2-49—2-55. fs -346—486. 



Yarrah {Eucalyptus rostrdfa). See Gum, Red. 



Yate-tree {Eucalyptus cornuta Labill. : Order Myrtdcece), South- 

 West Austraha. Height 100 ft. S.G. 1,235. W 64—79. The 

 heaviest West Austrahan wood, hard, elastic, somewhat of the 

 character of Ash. Valued for shafts, boat-ribs, and agricultural 

 implements. 



Yellow-wood, a name applied in South Afdca to various species 

 of Podocdrpus (Order Goniferce), and in Australia to four or five 

 woods in no way related to these or to one another. [See also 

 Fustic] 



Yellow-wood,] Bastard {Podocdrpus pruinosus E.M., or perhaps 

 also P. elongdta L'Herit. and P. Thuribirgii Hook.). P. pminosus, 



