BOTANY AND PLANT ECONOMICS 101 
Cases 400 to 405. — The woods of Australia. Note the great 
size, strength and beauty of color in these fine specimens from 
the Australian forests. Case 400, Colonial Pine {Araucaria Cun- 
ninghamii), Negro-head Beech {Fagus Cunninghamii) and Bog 
Onion or Australian Mahogany {Dysoxylum Fraseranum) ; Case 
401, Red Bean or Kidgi-kidji {D, Muelleri), a rich red, rose- 
wood-like wood ; Case 402, the white Flindosa or Cudgerie {Flin- 
dersia australis), the pink She-beech {Cryptocarya sp.) ; Case 
403, a beautiful plank, 4 feet wide, of the “White Beech” or Bin- 
burra (Gmelina Leichhardtii) ; Case 404, note the deep color 
and fine grain of the Australian Cedar {Cedrela toona) and 
Red Mahogany {Eucalyptus resinifera), and the great strength 
and hardness shown in the specimen of Iron bark {Eucalyptus 
paniculata) ; Case 405, note the three Australian Gum woods 
{Eucalyptus viminalis, rostrata and tereticornis), and the beauti- 
fully mottled Beef wood or Honeysuckle {Banksia integrifolia). 
Cases 406 and 407. — These cases are devoted to five fine 
planks of the Brazilian Pine {Auaucaria hraziliana) exemplify- 
ing its variation in color and grain. 
Cases 408 and 409.— Brazilian timbers; note the beautifully 
mottled and marked specimens of Laurel {Nectandra sp,), the 
Arkwood {Tecoma leucoxylon), the brilliant vermillion Macaca 
Uba {Tecoma sp,), and the Rosewood {Dalbergia nigra). 
Cases 410 to 415.— A large series of the timber trees of the 
State of Parana, Brazil, showing the plain and varnished condi- 
tion and the bark characters of each species. The striking species 
are: Sassafras {Mespilodaphne sassafras) in Case 410; Canil- 
linha Roxa {Nectandra sp,) and Quassia {Quassia amara) in 
Case 411; milkwood {Pao de Leite) and Corteza Branca {Big- 
nonia ulignosa) in Case 412; Congonha {Ilex congonha), Mar- 
melleiro Bravo {C ase aria ulmi folia) and Murteira {Eugenia 
lucida) in Case 413 ; Araga Piranga {Psidium acutangulare) and 
Canjuza {Styrax leprosum) in Case 414; and Cataia {Myrsine 
sp,), Caciperoroca, and Quina vermelha {Exostemma florihunda) 
in Case 415. 
Cases 416 to 429 contain a very characteristic series of the 
timbers of Paraguay. These are in ample specimens displaying 
the finished and unfinished wood and the bark. 
Case 416. — Note the beautiful, yellow wood of the Quirandy 
{Zanthoxylum sp,). 
