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was dry, and the majority of the houses, etc., around the towns of Dubbo and Wellington are built of this 
timber. It' is also forwarded for upwards of 100 miles by rail for building purposes, and invariably gives 
satisfactory results as long as the black variety is not used.— (J. Y. de Coque.) 
The pine timber is the most useful timber here for buildings, telegraph-posts, and posts for wire 
fencing, and is not so liable as other timber to the attack of white ants. It takes a good polish, and I 
have seen shop-counters made from the same. It is also much used for ceilings, and looks remarkably 
well, and remains sound under the ground for many years.—(Forester Payten, Corowa.) 
The White Pine is a valuable timber, and is used extensively for building, fencing, and telegraph- 
poles. It stands well in the ground, especially if the bark is left on the part that is put underneath the 
surface. For building purposes it is indispensable, and nearly all the wooden buildings in town and 
country are made from this wood. It keeps sound for a long time, but houses made of this timber will not 
bear moving, as it splits and breaks very easily while being taken to pieces, so they cannot be erected 
again with any degree of neatness.—(Forester Postlethwaite, Grenfell.) 
This is one of the most useful trees, used mainly for saw-milling and fencing purposes, and is of 
hardy growth.—(District Forester Osborne, Cootamundra.) 
This timber is very free from knots, and easily worked, and is considered by builders and carpenters 
as the best of our pine, and is used for all building purposes. It takes a very fine polish, and is very 
handsome in the grain. This pine is proof against white ants. I have often seen them moving over it to 
attack other timber, and would not attempt to touch the pine.—(Forester Smith, Dubbo.) 
Size.— Height, 50-60 feet.—(Forester Taylor, Wagga). It sometimes 
reaches a diameter of 18 or 20 inches.—(Forester Postlethwaite, Grenfell.) 
Attaining a height of 70 or 80 feet with a diameter of 2 feet, the logs now being 
brought in to the mills running from 30 to 50 feet.—(Forester Smith, Dubbo.) 
Habitat. —In all the States except Tasmania. It is usually gregarious, 
forming scrub forests on sandy barren lands. 
Western Australia. 
Rocky Bay and Woodman’s Point (Preiss No. 1,312) ; coast districts of 
South-west Australia (Bynoe) ; King George’s Sound (Baxter); near Fremantle 
(Hugel) ; Rottnest Island (Allan Cunningham, also Preiss No. 1,310). All the 
above quoted by Parlatore, but some may be liable to revision. The type locality 
is “ lie Rottnest sur la cote occidental, lat. 31°.” 
Mr. W. V. Fitzgerald says of this species:— 
Abundant on Rottnest Island and sparingly near Claremont. It frequently attains a height of 45 
feet. 
and the specimens he sends in no way differ from the common White Pine of our 
western (N.S.W.) country. 
Speaking of Western Australia, Diels and Pritzel state :— 
It is not at all particular in the choice of its habitat. We have seen it growing on granite on the 
coast, in the limestone regions of the west coast, on sand in the interior, and on gravelly conglomerates, 
but always associating with vegetation characteristic of the Eremsean Region. Apart from the littoral it 
seems, therefore, to be wanting entirely in the districts Darling and Warren.—(Englers’ Jahrb. xxxv.) 
E. Pritzel’s No. 848, Plantae Australia occidentalis, Coolgardie, October, 
1901, labelled “ Frenela robusta, Cunn.,” shows a few warts and inclines to 
verrucosa . It is an intermediate form of which many other instances could he 
given. 
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