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On examination it was found that the coloui 4 of the bark is caused by the more 
or less abundant presence of a sooty lichen, and has no connection with the life-history 
of the species or variety on which it grows. 
Mr. R. H. Cambage points out that it is sometimes called Sandalwood from the 
fragrance of the wood, but that it is not to be confused with the Sandalwood of Western 
Australia, Santalum cygnorum. It is sometimes sent in as Rosewood, a name it shares 
with other small western trees. 
Aboriginal Name." Budtha " is the aboriginal name. 
Leaves. In the Government Gazette appeared the following notice : 
Colonial Secretary's Department, Forest Branch, Sydney, 
9th October, 1889. 
Preservation of tlie Sandalwood Tree. Notice is hereby given that, under the provisions of the 
2nd and 63rd Timber Regulations of 18th August, 1885, the cutting of the Sandalwood tree within 5 miles 
of the Darling River, and within 5 miles of the Murray, below the junction of the Murrumbidgee River, is 
prohibited. When in time of drought this tree is required for feed, the lighter branches only should be 
lopped. 
HENRY PARKES. 
The matter was taken up by the Press at the time, and the following sensible 
letter appeared in the Sydney Mail of the 14th June, 1890 : 
Something has been said recently of Sandalwood as a sheep food. I would state that the tree known 
as sandalwood on the Darling and in the West generally, one of the Eremophilas called " Budtha "by 
the natives, is not eaten by sheep, and is only attacked by rabbits when nothing better is to be had. During 
the droughts of the last nine years our sheep have never touched this shrub. The " Quandong," " Santalum 
acuminatum," is good sheep food, but is not plentiful enough to be made much use of, and is not known 
by the name of Sandalwood. I would suggest that all Government notices referring to plants should give 
the botanical names of such as well as the (supposed) popular names, in order that the plant indicated may 
be identified. There are numbers of plants which in one district carry the same names by which in another 
quite a different plant is known. 
( The sensible suggestion to, as far as possible, give botanical names in Government 
notices will, as far as possible, be carried out as a matter of course in a few years. The 
matter is not without difficulty, for ours is still a young country, and the botanists are 
few, and often carry out their work under great difficulties.) 
It is, as the writer indicates, poor fodder, but the twigs are used in connection 
with strychnine baits for the destruction of rabbits. 
Here is a chemical analysis of the leaves by Mr. F. B. Guthrie in the Agricultural 
Gazette for October, 1899 : 
Sandalwood Water 41-84, ash 5-62, fibre 8-82, ether extract (oil, &c.) 1-73, 
albuminoids 8-62, carbohydrates 34-37, nutrient value 47, albuminoid ratio 1 : 4J, 
tannin (oak bark) 2-3. 
