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door work, also for fence-rails, railway-sleepers — lasting about 

 nine years — for shafts and spokes of drays, and a variety of 

 other purposes. E. globulus is hardier than Orange and 

 Lemon plants. 



Eucalyptus gomphocephala, Candolle. 



The Tooart of South-west Australia; attains a height of 120 

 feet, the clear trunk up to 50 feet long. The wood is close- 

 grained, hard, and not rending. It is used for shipbuilding, 

 wheelwright's work, and other purposes of artisans. 



Eucalyptus goniocalyx, F. v. Mueller. 



From Cape Otway to the southern parts of New South 

 Wales. A large tree which should be included among those 

 for new plantations. Its wood resembles in many respects 

 that of E. globulus. For house -building, fence-rails and 

 similar purposes it is extensively employed in those forest- 

 districts where it is abundant, and has proved a valuable 

 timber. 



Eucalyptus Gunnii, J. Hooker. 



Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales, at alpine and sub- 

 alpine elevations. The other more hardy Eucalypts comprise 

 E. coriacea, E. alpina, E. urnigera, E. coccifera and E. 

 vernicosa, which all reach heights covered with snow for 

 several months in the year. 



Eucalyptus hemipliloia, F. v. Mueller. 



New South Wales and South Queensland. To be regarded 

 as a timber-tree of great excellence, on the authority of the 

 E-ev. Dr. WooUs. It is famous for the hardness and 

 toughness of its timber, which is used for shafts, spokes, 

 plough-beams and similar utensils. 



Eucalyptus Leucoxylon, F. v. Mueller. 



The ordinary Ironbark-tree of Victoria and some parts of 

 South Australia and New South Wales. It attains a height 

 of 100 feet, and supplies a valuable timber, possessing great 

 strength and hardness ; it is much prized for its durability by 

 carpenters, shipbuilders, &c. It is largely employed by waggon- 

 builders for wheels, poles, &c.; by shipbuilders for top-sides, 

 treenails, the rudder (stock), belaying-jDins, and other purposes; 

 it is also used by turners for rough work. This is considered 

 the strongest wood in our colony. It is much recommended 

 for railway-sleepers, and extensively used in underground 

 mining work. It is very extensively employed for the handles 

 of axes and other implements by Victorian manufacturers. As 

 the supply of its very durable timber is falling short, and as it 

 is for some purposes superior to that of almost any other Euca- 

 lypt, the regular culture of this tree over wide areas should be 



