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The New South Wales representative has, as far as I am aware, not previously been used in coach 
building ; but that is no reason why it should not be tested, for, in my opinion, it could be used for panels, 
sheathing, and would be a most suitable timber where cedar is now employed and painted ; for I hold that 
cedar should never be painted, as it is a crime to treat such a lovely timber so. It is a pinkish, or rather 
reddish, colour, as distinctive from the white of the English Beech, close-grained, and works freely. It 
lacks the small prominent medullary rays of the English Beech. 
Tasmanian Bed Myrtle or Beech (Fagus Cunninghamii). 
This is a tree of similar character to the Negro-head Beech of this State, the difference being in the 
morphological characters of the foliage. 
The timbers appear to be quite identical, and the remarks under F. Moorei apply here. 
Mararie (Nephelium distyle). 
This is a tine scrub timber of the North Coast district. The timber is pale reddish colour, medium 
weight, close grained and tough ; dresses well, is excellent for golf heads, and is undoubtedly suitable for 
many purposes in coachbuilding. 
Queensland Maple. 
This timber has only recently come on the market. It belongs to the same genus as Teak 
(Flindersia australis ), and is probably F. Brayleyana, but it differs from it considerably in colour, being 
more like Indian Teak. 
The microscopical resemblance of these timbers being so marked, they were tested at the same time, 
and, if anything, the advantage is with the Queenslander. It is light, free, and easy to work, and is 
highly recommended for railway and road carriages. 
Coach wood ( Ceratopetalum apetalum, Don). 
This is a brush timber, and was at one time much more frequently met with in the Sydney market 
than at present, as it was common in the brushes near Sydney. 
It has long been known under its common name, so that in the early days of the State it must have 
been used for the purpose from which its vernacular is derived. 
It is not a hard timber, is easily worked, possesses a very pleasing fragrant odour, is tough, and 
could be used for panelling and seat rails. 
VI.—'TIMBERS WHTCH WOULD HAVE BEEN EXCELLENT FOR COACHBUILDING, 
BUT HAVE ALMOST BEEN CLEARED FROM THE LAND. 
Natural Order — Rutacece. 
Soapwood (Evodia octandra, F.v.M.). 
Soap wood ( Evodia micrococca, F.v.M.). 
Soap Box ( Evodia sp.). 
Evodia erythrococca, Benth. 
Logan Apple ( Acronychia acidula, F.v.M.). 
Thorny Yellow Wood, Satin Wood ( Zanthoxylum brachyacantlium, F.v.M.). 
Halfordia sc/eroxylon, F.v.M. 
llalfordia drupi/era, F.v.M. 
Natural Order — Sapindacece. 
Ratonia tenax, Benth. 
Ratonia anodonta, F.v.M. 
Ratonia stipitata, Benth. 
Mararie ( Nephelium distyle, F.v.M.). 
Carrot Wood ( Cupania anacardioides, A. Rich.). 
Nephelium leiocarpum, F.v.M. 
