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No. 2. This is also a good specimen of bark ; it was grown at Oakbank, South 
Australia; analysed August, 1890, and found to contain 41*75 per cent, tannic acid, 
and 7T3S per cent, extract. 
No. 3. Grown at Millicent, South Australia, in sandy soil; it was taken from 
a tree of fair size ; analysed August, 1890, and found to contain 35*5 per cent, 
tannic acid, and G8'9 per cent, extract. 
No. 4. This is an inferior-looking bark, scaly and fibrous; it was taken from 
trees growing in scrub country near Blumberg, South Australia ; analysed August, 
1890, and found to contain 30 per cent, tannic acid, and 59*6 per cent, extract, 
which result must be considered good from such an unpromising looking bark. 
No. 5. Grown at Melrose, South Australia. The bark is from young trees, 
and not at all promising in appearance. It was analysed August, 1890, and found 
to contain 21*2 per cent, tannic acid, and 42*3 per cent, extract. 
No. 6. This is a thin, fibrous, scaly, and very inferior-looking bark, taken 
from trees growing at Carruson, South Australia, where, owing to insufficient rain¬ 
fall, they are stunted in growth ; analysed August, 1890, and found to contain 
15T per cent, tannic acid, and 32*75 per cent, extract. 
Timber. —It is of no importance as a timber. After the bark is stripped, 
the wood is sometimes used for fuel, for which it is excellent. 
It has been called a tough and close-grained wood. Its specific gravity is 
about *83, that is, the weight of a cubic foot of the wood is about 51^ lb. (Osborne). 
Size. —Average height of typical form, 20 to 25 feet; and diameter, 6 to 10 
inches. (Brown.) 
Habitat. —It is confined to South Australia, Victoria, and New South Wales. 
In our own State it is confined to country, so far as is known, adjacent to Victoria 
and South Australia. It is only, as regards New South Wales, represented in the 
National Herbarium, Sydney, from Tocumwal. W’e look upon this species as so 
essentially South Australian that we often forget that the typo comes from “ Interior 
of N. S. Wales ” (Mitchell), although Bentham, in the Flora Australiensis, omits to 
record it as a New South Wales plant. Perhaps, however, Major Mitchell collected 
it in Victoria before its separation from New South Wales. 
This Wattle has been acclimatised in many districts of New South Wales, so 
much so that it is often looked upon as indigenous in localities in which it has been 
planted. 
It is so valuable that it should be still further cultivated in localities approxi¬ 
mating in conditions to those of the Mount Lofty Range near Adelaide. The day is 
passed when theorists may allege that it will not flourish in the Port Jackson 
district. 
