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Eucalyptus Maideni F.v.M. 1 
Maiden's Gum. 
(Family MYRTACEyE.) 
Botanical description. Genus Eucalyptus, see Part II, p. 33. 
Botanical description. Species Maideni F.v.M., in Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., xiv, 
1020 (1890), with two plates. 
Botanical Name. Eucalyptus, already explained, Part II, p. 33; Maideni 
in honour of the author of the present work, when he was Curator of the Technological 
Museum, Sydney. Although I had been "in correspondence with Baron von Muellei 
in regard to this Blue Gum, which had been confused with E. globulus, I did not 
discover it, and it was owing to the pertinacity of the late Mr. William Baeuerlen, 
Botanical Collector for the above Museum, that Mueller described it. 
Vernacular Names. As a rule it is known as " Blue Gum," because of its 
glaucous appearance, but, in describing it, Mueller mentioned that it also bore the 
names of White and Spotted Gum in addition, but they are less used. 
Aboriginal Name. I know of none. 
Timber.- 
It has very little kino, and from that fact one would judge that it is a good timber. 
Somehow or other it is not much used, which is, no doubt, to a certain extent, owing to its situation, mostly 
difficult of access, and also to the fact that in situations where it occurs other valuable and time-proved 
timbers occur, such as E. tereticornis, &c. The timber is, however, used for fencing, both for rails and 
posts, also for rough building purposes, and to a certain extent for wheelwrights' work. As posts, it is 
said, it lasts fairly well, and it makes excellent rails. The timber is very heavy, hard, and of a rather 
pleasing yellow colour, not somewhat brownish, as that of E. goniocalyx. (Mueller.) 
The first report on it by the late Mr. Hutchinson, carpenter of the Technological 
Museum, made in 1890, reads : 
Timber very hard, heavy, and tough, and interlocked grain. I think the transverse strength of 
this timber will be great. Difficult to plane and dress up. Pale coloured and has some gum-veins. 
Following are two other reports : 
There is no doubt as to the value of the timber for any strong, heavy work, where strength, 
durability, and elasticity are required. It is easily worked. It is close, but free grained, of a yellowish 
colour, tough across the grain, free from knots, and not with many gum-veins. It is used in the uplands 
for wheelwrights, bridges, and mining purposes with E. globulus. Of the latter, there are miles of open 
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