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Mr. Forester Rudder says of it :— 
It is not apt to warp, or rend in seasoning, and is excellent for fence-posts and sleepers, and 
wherever round timber is required for use in culverts and bridges and for ballast logs, and for ground 
work generally, is in my opinion, not to be surpassed, as it is as lasting, and not so combustible, or 
subject to the white ant, as ironbark. For fuel in furnaces it generates more heat than any wood I know. 
Mr. District Forester Rotton, of Nowra, reports :— 
As it seasons it reduces in weight, probably more than the wood of any other tree of the Eucalypt 
family. Though soft when green it is not an easy timber to work, and does not present a neat finish 
owing to the numerous running rings and gum-vessels it contains. It is not an uncommon-occurrence for 
a piece of this wood of the length of a railway sleeper when squared to open out from end to end as soon 
as the gum in the ring dries up. It is this defect that renders the wood useless for railway sleepers. The 
rings develop as the tree grows older. Blood wood of young growth may be used as rafters and corner-posts 
of rough buildings, and will last for many years. 
Exudations. —The kino or red “ gum,” which exudes from this tree, has 
already been briefly referred to. When freshly exuded it has a distinct smell, 
which appears to be characteristic, and is soon recognised. It is something of a 
vinous odour. Much of the kino exuded becomes entangled in the scaly porous 
hark, hut one frequently comes across quite a store of the substance through tapping 
the communication with the reservoir which has collected behind the bark, or 
between the concentric circles of the wood. The passage gets choked up with 
indurated kino, but picking off the substance often causes the stream to flow afresh. 
It is the most brilliant in appearance of all the kinos. It is exceedingly 
friable, and it is highly astringent. When freshly collected from the outside of the 
tree it contains over 80 per cent, of catechin and tannic acid. The blacks used to 
chiefly employ this kino for tanning the skins of animals. Their modus operandi 
was to skin the animal, put in the “ gum ” and some water, tie up, and shake the 
skin “ bottle ” until the tanning was complete. 
Fishermen frequently use the bark (with its entangled kino) for tanning 
their nets. 
The late Archdeacon King noticed Mellitose-manna on the leaves of this tree 
to a small extent when they are pierced by a beetle (Anoplognathus cereus). 
Size. —Usually a tree of medium size, i.e., with a height of say 60 feet and a 
stem diameter of 2 feet or 2 feet 6 inches. Speaking of the east slope of New 
England, Mr. A. R. Crawford writes to me : “ I saw a Eucalyptus corymbosa of 
4 feet in diameter, height (approx.) of 80 feet to first limb. Another of 4 feet, and 
height 70 feet.” 
Distribution. —It extends all along the coast from the Bega district north¬ 
wards to Queensland. It is also found on the coast ranges, where it attains a 
greater magnitude than in the coast country. It is only found on the eastern 
slopes of the high table-lands. It is very widely diffused in Queensland, extending 
to the northernmost part of that State, and is abundant withal. 
