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THE TIMBERS OE YICTORIA, 
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A Catalogue of Specimens of Woods , from the 
Trees and Shrubs of Victoria , , adapted for 
economic purposes. 
ACACIA. 
( Natural Order — Leguminosce. Sub. Order — Mimosece .) 
The genus Acacia is in Australia more numerous in species than 
any of Phanerogamous (or flowering) plants. It includes the so- 
called Wattle-trees, a name which has been more commonly 
applied to those species so celebrated for the astringency of their 
bark, used for tanning, and for their gum, similar to that of gum- 
arabic. 
Among the woods yielded by this genus are also the beautiful 
and valuable Blackwood (specifically identical with Lightwood) 
(No. 15), the Victorian violet-scented Myall (No. 8), two species of 
Native Hickory, so called (Nos. 11, 28), and a few other timbers 
(notably Nos. 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 23, 27, 30) adapted for cabinet- 
work, implements, and small turnery purposes, &c., present and 
prospective. Time may develop peculiar values possessed by 
many of our small species ; some kinds, hitherto classified as 
useless on account of their diminutive size, are now already 
applied in our manufactures. 
