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There is, however, one objection to Lilly Pilly as a tan, in that it has a very bad colour, dirty- 
brown approaching to black, and cloudy, and would only do for dressed shoe-leather. From the second 
liquor I pumped off I tried some sole leather; it turned out a very unsaleable colour, and had an appearance 
like fine sand upon each surface, both flesh and grain. 
In Lilly Pilly leather there is a gloss and closeness in texture almost the same in each piece. It 
has a very much smoother feel than the Wattle, which has a dry, harsh look and feel, which is most 
noticeable if the whole is damped. Again, any portion of the Lilly Pilly leather stands a stronger strain 
than the Wattle leather. 
If Wattle fails, or becomes dear, Lilly Pilly is the best substitute we have that I know of, and 
next spring I will get in a quantity and put it in use. 
Size. It is a moderate-sized, glossy-leaved tree, bearing an abundance of small, 
white flowers, and it is particularly ornamental when covered with a profusion of fruit, 
each of which is about an inch long and of a white colour, tinted with pink and purple. 
Habitat Following are the localities given in the Flora Australiensis : 
New South Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown and others ; 
northward to Hastings, Clarence, and Macleay Rivers, Beckler, Wilcox ; New England, 
C. Stuart; southward to Illawarra, A. Cunningham; Twofold Bay, F. Mueller. 
It, however, extends to Victoria on the south, and to Queensland and the 
Northern Territory on the north. It likes shelter from the sea-breezes ; at the same 
time, in a stunted form, it is found in many localities almost within reach of the 
sea-spray. 
It is, however, a denizen of the brush, and if it can obtain its requirements of 
deep soil, even if light and sandy, plenty of moisture, and sufficient shelter, it nourishes 
in mountain gullies more than up to a hundred miles away from the sea. 
Following are some specimens represented in the National Herbarium, Sydney: 
Victoria. Sealer's Cove (J. L. King). 
New South W ofes. Eden ; this is near the Victorian border ( J. L. Boorman) ; 
tree of 30 feet, Bermagui (W. Dunn). Boyne State Forest, 10 miles north of Bateman's 
Bay (Forest Guard L. Walker). 
Sussex Inlet Heads (J.H.M.). Stanwell Park (A. A. Hamilton). 
All the above are coastal localities. 
Wingello (J. L. Boorman) is on the southern tableland near Goulburn. 
Then it is very abundant in the Sydney district, Prospect Creek, Fairfield 
Betche), the Blue Mountains generally, and Newnes, Wolgan Valley (Henry Deane), 
are western localities. 
North of the Hawkesbury River we have 
Wiseman's Ferry (J. L. Boorman), " White Myrtle," Gosford (W. A. W. de 
Beuzeville), Pink Lilly Pilly, Yarramalong (W. A. W. de Beuzeville), Maitland (E. W. 
er, 1855), Booral (A. Rudder), Bullahdelah (A. Rudder), Wauchope (W. D. 
Goodacre), Port Macquarie (Forester G. R. Brown), Upper Hastings River (J.H.M., 
