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In extensive ugfc for furniture, casks, pannelling, for railway carriages, in the 
manufacture of various musical instruments, and in turnery. It is very durable, 
and takes a fine polish. Indigenous to the colonies of Victoria, South Australia, 
New South Wales, and Tasmania. 
No. 17. Callitris rhomboidea : Robert Brown. Var. Tasmanica. Ord. Coniferan 
—The “ Oyster Bay Pine.” This tree grows to a considerable size, and yields 
good timber and a kind of gum sandarac. Pound only in Tasmania. 
No. 18. Dammara robusta : C. Moore . Ord. Coniferae. — The “Kauri Pine” of 
Queensland. A lofty growing timber tree of highly ornamental appearance, 
attains a height of 150 feet, with stem as straight as an arrow, furnishing 
excellent spars, planks, &c. Wood light and close-grained, well adapted for 
ordinary furniture ; takes a good polish and is easily worked. Wood specimen 
from plant grown Melbourne Botanic Gardens. 
No. 19. Duboisia myoporoides : Robert Brown. Ord. Scrophularineas. — The 
“ Cork Wood” of New South Wales and Queensland. A bushy tree, attaining a 
height of forty feet or more. Wood exceedingly light and soft ; bark very suberose. 
Wood specimen from plant grown in Melbourne Botanic Gardens. This tree is 
of very rapid growth. 
No. 20. Elseocarpus cyaneus : Alton. Ord. Tiliaceas. — A shrubby tree, glabrous, 
and of very ornamental appearance, in some situations attaining a height of fifty 
and even sixty feet. Wood lyird, tough, and close-grained. Pound in the colonies 
of Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland. 
No. 21. Exocarpus cupressiformis : Labillardiere. Ord. Santalaceas. — The 
Native “ Cherry-tree.” A beautiful tree of cypress-like appearance, growing to a 
height of thirty feet, with a stem of fifteen to eighteen inches in diameter. Wood 
of a reddish-brown color, hard, and close-grained, adapted for furniture, and is 
susceptible of a high polish. Pound throughout Australia and Tasmania. 
No. 22. Eucalyptus corynocalyx : F. von Mueller. Ord. Myrtacese, — A small 
shrubby tree, indigenous to South Australia. Wood specimen from plant grown 
in Melbourne Botanic Gardens. 
No. 23. Eucalyptus occidentalis ; Endlicher. Ord. Mrytacese— One of the Gums 
of Western Australia. Sometimes attaining a height of eighty feet. Yields a kind 
of gum kino. Wood specimen from tree grown in Melbourne Botanic Gardens. 
No. 24. Eucalyptus cornuta : Labillardiere. Ord. Myrtaceas. — The “Yeit- 
tree” of Western Australia. A middling size tree of bushy habit. Wood speci- 
men from plant grown in Melbourne Botanic Gardens, 
No. 25. Ficus macrophylla : Desfontaines. Ord. Urticea*. — The “Moreton Bay 
Fig.” A large growing, much branched tree, with beautiful dark green glossy 
foliage. Yields on incision a thick viscid milky juice similar to “ Caoutchouc.” 
Wood soft and light, gives early evidence of decay. Pound growing on banks of 
streams in Queensland and New South Wales. 
No. 26. Grevillea robusta: A. Cunningham. Ord. Proteaceje. — The “Silky 
Oak.” A magnificent tree, with glossy pinnate foliage, and bearing beautiful 
orange-colored blossoms. Grows to a height of 100 feet, furnishing excellent 
timber, of a beautiful texture, prized for coopers’ work, &c., takes a fine polish. 
A thick clammy gum of a pale yellow color exudes from this tree, which is no 
doubt of commercial value ; bark rich in tannin. It is a native of the colonies 
of Queensland and New South Wales. Wood specimen from tree grown in 
Melbourne Botanic Gardens. 
