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Spotted Gum (Eucalyptus Maculata) . — Native name, Urara. 
Grows extensively on the Brisbane slates, much more so than 
any other timber, particularly in the parish of Indooroopilly. 
The bark has a bluish colour, is thin (J to f inch thick), smooth, 
deciduous, and falls off in patches. The timber is used for 
joists, studs, planking for bridges, buggy shafts, cogs of wheels, 
&c. It is elastic, close, and durable, and takes a fine polish. 
Several other trees are called spotted gum, but they do not 
possess the strength and elasticity of this one. 
Blue Gum (Eucalyptus botryoides). — Native name, Mungur. 
Grows on the banks of our rivers and creeks, and on ground 
occasionally flooded. The bark is thick (about half an inch or 
more), deciduous, except a piece about 4 feet to 8 feet at the 
bottom. Several trees are still to be seen on the river bank in 
the Domain. This timber is specially adapted for wheel felloes, 
and is the only timber used here for the purpose. It is also cut 
for weatherboards, as it does not readily split with nails. It is 
considerably inlocked and elastic. A tree very similar to this 
grows on the ridges, but has a thin bark in comparison. The 
timber, though fit for many purposes, is quite useless for 
felloes ; it splits longitudinally on drying. 
Gray Gum (Eucalyptus Saligna) grows on the Brisbane 
slates and other ridges. I do not know of its being a plentiful 
timber in any locality. It is used for building purposes, and 
does very well for rails for fences, as it does not readily take 
fire. Fences of bloodwood for posts, and this for rails, are 
considered the safest from fire and most durable against the 
attacks of white ants. This timber is often split into shingles 
and sold for ironbark, very few people being able to challenge 
them. 
Box grows on flat, clayey ground of the coal shales. It is 
plentiful up Woolston Creek, near to the railway. It has a 
thin, grayish bark, which sheds in strips twenty to thirty feet 
long. The timber is in good repute for building purposes, also 
for poles and shafts of drays. 
Bastard Box (Tristania Conferta). — This tree, but of no 
great size, is plentiful on the ridges near Brisbane. It has 
strong spreading branches and a good shade. If cut down or 
burned down it springs up from the roots. It would make a 
fine shade tree for the streets. The timber is of no account for 
sawing, as it twists and gets uneven in drying. A similar tree 
grows in the scrubs near Double Island Point, native name, 
Weerabi; also in similar places up Moggill Creek. In these 
places it is a tall, straight, solid tree. Not having cut any from 
such places, I am unable to refer to its qualities. 
Flooded Gum (Eucalyptus Grandis). — Native name, Too- 
lur. Grows in brush on basalt, or on the edges of scrubs. It 
has a white bark which peels ofi right down to the ground. It 
grows to a great height, and is the lightest of all the gums 
