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grain, polishes well, is very tough and durable, and bends 
easily, and for this reason is largely used for coachbuilding 
and wheelwrights' work. It is Hable to twist and shrink in 
seasoning. Spotted gum is similar to and often sold as 
blue gum. It was at one time used for street paving in 
Sydney, but was discarded as unsatisfactory, owing to its 
liability to rot. 
Weight, seasoned, about 60 lbs. per cubic foot. 
Grey Box {E. Itemipldoia), a tough, hard, cross-grained 
wood of great strength, yellowish white or pale brown 
colour, is used for the naves and cogs of wheels, large screws, 
mauls, shaft handles, poles of drays, etc., and also for rail- 
way sleepers, and bears a good record for durability. It 
is sometimes called Canary or common Box. 
Brush Box (Tristania conferta) is another strong, tough, 
durable timber obnoxious to the white ant. Pale in colour, 
sometimes brown, it turns grey on exposure. A good deal 
used for mallets, chisel handles, planes, etc., it is, however, 
difficult to season, and great care has to be exercised or 
the planks will warp and crack. Often called Bed Box or 
Bastard Box. The darker coloured varieties from the 
Northern rivers are the best. 
True Red Box {E. polyantliema) is a timber of the jarrah 
class, rich red in colour, close in grain, which works easily, 
is very durable, and becomes, with age, as hard as ironbark. 
It is used for paving, fencing, and general building work. 
This timber lasted for fifty years in perfect preservation in 
St. John's Church, Paramatta. It resembles the woollybutt, 
which in strength and durability ranks next in order to 
blackbutt and blue gum, but has the defect of twisting 
and shrinking whilst seasoning. 
Weight, seasoned, about 72 lbs. per cubic foot. 
