98 -- BULLETIN 9, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Acacia aulacocarpa——Wood heavy, hard, tough, light red. A 
cabinet wood. 
Acacia bidwilli—Stem diameter, 18 inches. Timber hard. Takes 
a good polish. : 
Acacia binervata:—Stem diameter, 12 inches. Wood close-grained, 
tough, light, called “hickory.” Used for ax helves. 
Acacia cunninghami.—Stem diameter, 12 inches. A dark-colored 
and heavy cabinet wood. 
Acacia doratoxylon—Stem diameter, 12 inches. Wood hard, 
tough, heavy, durable; very useful timber for buggies, whiffletrees, 
wagon poles, and furniture. 
Acacia faleata.—Stem diameter to 12 inches. Spoken of as another 
hickory. Wood heavy, hard, and tough; yellow and light brown; 
easily: bent into sharp curves by carriage makers. Used also for 
_ stock-whip handles. 
Acacia farnesiana.—Stem diameter in some regions 6 inches. More 
valuable for its perfume-yielding flowers. A native of both hemi- 
spheres. Wood close, ae much used in India for ship knees and 
tent pegs. 
Acacia glaucescens.—Stem diameter 18 inches. Wood dark, re- 
sembling rosewood, fragrant and close-grained; used by cabinet- 
makers and for cool handles. 
Acacia harpophylla.—Stem diameter 18 to 24 inches. Wood brown, 
hard, heavy, elastic, straight-grained; has the fragrance of violets; 
much used for turnery; lasts many years in the ground. 
Acacia homalophylla.—Stem diameter 1 foot. Wood hard, durable, 
and heavy (specific gravity 1.124), very fragrant; used for fancy 
articles, cabinet work, and tobacco pipes. 
Losan yl diameter 12 inches. The wood resembles 
that of Acacia melanoxylon, and is used for cogwheels and wagon hubs. 
Acacia longifolia and its varieties have stem diameters of 9 to 12 
inches. The wood is white, yellow, and brown in color, hght, tough, 
hard} used for handles of axes and other tools. A. longifolia and its 
- varieties are the most valuable among the sand-binding species. 
Acacia macradenna.—Stem diameter 12 inches. Wood strong, 
hard, and blackish. Takes a fine polish. 
Acacia nervfolia.—Stem diameter 12 inches. Wood light yellow 
and dark brown; handsome, close-grained, durable; used in cabinet 
work. 
Acacia pendula.—Stem diameter 12 inches. Wood very hard, close- 
erained, richly marked, dark in color cy fragrant; used for veneers 
and Pmey cabinet ae 
Acacia pycnantha.—Stem diameter 9 inches. Wood very tough, 
weighs about 51 pounds to the cubic foot; used for staves, bobbins, 
and various articles of turnery. 
