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The following is an instance of the puzzling use of the names White, Red, 
and Black Pine. The matter has already been touched upon under C. robusta. 
Mr. District Forester Marriott, Dubbo, sent three specimens of timber 
(accompanied by twigs) of the Red, White, and Black Pine. His Red and White 
are C. robusta and the Black Pine C. calcarata. I see no difference between the Red 
and White, except that the Red Pine has the fruits a little more squat and the 
valves a little drawn up to a blunt point, and possibly a little more glaucous. As 
regards all three timbers I see no marked difference in the coloration. If anything, 
the Black Pine is the ligliest. The White and Red have a clear band of paler sap- 
wood, while in the Back Pine the band is far less marked. 
Synonyms. — C. pyramidalis, Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. ii, 473; Frenela 
calcarata, A Cunn., ex Mirb. loc. cit. (1825) ; F. pyramidalis, A. Cunn. in Sw r eet 
Hort. Brit., ed. ii, 473; F. ericoides, Hort. ex Endl. Syn. Conif. 38, 1847 ; F. Fnd- 
licheri, Parlat. in DC. Frod. xvi, 11, 449 ; F. rhomboidea, Hort. ex Parlat. loc. cit. 
Var. mucronata , Benth. F. Gunnii, Endl., var. mucronata, Parlat. 
Leaves. —Mr. Bauerlen informed me that the twigs of this tree are used in 
northern Victoria and southern New South Wales for mixing with fodder, to expel 
worms in horses. There is no reason to suppose that any merit there may be in this 
remedy is not shared by all the other species. Boronia rhomboidea is also put to a 
similar use. 
Fruit. —The points or spurs on the fruits, while commonest in this species, 
are also occasionally found on some other species, e.g., robusta. 
Timber. —This species yields, perhaps, the handsomest timber of this class, 
although not the most durable. It is beautifully mottled and striped with black, 
white, and yellow; it is much used and valued for the interior lining and roofing of 
houses, mantlepieces, skirting-boards, etc. Slabs of wood of this tree were used by 
Sir Thomas Mitchell for sleepers when crossing the Yarran Swamp. 
The timber is soft, easily worked, and durable. I was shown a stable at Cooma, built of this pine, 
which had been erected for 30 years, and the timber still appeared perfectly sound. It is also largely used 
as a top rail for stone and wire fencing. The value of this timber in a country like the Monaro, where 
timber suitable for any purpose but rough fencing and firewood is so scarce, cannot be over-estimated.— 
(Forester Benson, Bega.) 
Black Cypress Pine grows on sandy and hilly country, and is used for saw-milling and fencing 
ourposes.—(District Forester A Osborne, Forbes.) 
Bed or Black Cypress Pine, called Black Pine, when growing on the lowlands in conjunction with 
White Pine ( robusta ) where it produces timber of good quality, but heavier and penetrating odour than 
latter. It is also much darker, and the grain is of a more streaky, parallel, or concentric design of 
eddish and other brown colouring, gorgeous in effect The annual rings are very fine. Its uses are the 
same as the White Pine, except that its more streaky grain renders it a fit wood for ornamental fittings 
or cabinetmaking.—(Forest Cadet H. Swain, Cootamundra-Grenfell.) 
