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We have four* principal Ironbarks, three of them of especial value. Timbers 
of this class are so important that it will be interesting to discriminate them. There 
is a good deal of confusion in regard to the local names given to Ironbarks, and the 
names I suggest for the four species seem to me the least objectionable. At the 
same time the names “ Narrow-leaved Tronbark ” and “ Broad-leaved Ironbark ” are 
too cumbersome for ordinary use, and certainly for persons outside the State. It is 
probable that Ironbark for the export trade will go forward under two names only, 
viz., Grey Ironbark and R,ed Ironbark, the first being the white or grey Ironbark, 
and the second including both the “ narrow and broad-leaved Ironbarks,” the timbers 
of which closely resemble each other. The fourth Ironbark, whose botanical name 
is Eucalyptus sideroxylon , is mainly an interior species, and will seldom, if ever, be 
exported. Perhaps timber will go forward under the single generic name of Iron- 
bark ; if so, I wish to impress on friends at a distance that our various species of 
Ironbark vary a good deal in colour, as a consignee may readily be confused if an 
Ironbark be sent to him different in appearance to that to which he has been 
accustomed. Because of the great importance of Ironbark, [ proceed to deal with 
these timbers with a little more detail than with the other hardwoods. 
Table of Ironbarks .—-The following table brings out the principal points in 
Ironbark trees and Ironbark timbers, and may help to elucidate them:— 
White or She Ironbark 
(j oanicidata). 
Narrow-leaved Ironbark 
(crebra). 
Broad-leaved Ironbark 
(sideropliloia). 
Bed Ironbark 
(sideroxylon). 
Colour (darkens 
Very pale; pink 
Medium red... 
Medium A little 
Very dark. 
with age). 
when fresh. 
darker than pre- 
ceding. 
Strength of timber 
Best... 
Good 
Good ... 
Inferior. 
Bark 
Often pale coloured, 
Very deeply fur- 
Often of a flak}- 
Dark; deepest 
even grey. Fur- 
rowed, inferior in 
character. 
furrowed. 
rows often anas- 
depth only (if at all) 
tomosing. 
to sideroxylon. 
Leaves 
Narrow and medium 
Very narrow 
Very broad ... 
Medium ; 
foliage often 
sparse. 
Flowers ... 
White . 
White 
White 
Crimson; some- 
times creamy. 
F ruits 
Small 
Very small ... 
Bather large ... 
Large. 
Aboriginal Names. —Derrobarry ” is the name given hy the Sydney 
blacks according to George C-aley, who collected for Sir Joseph Banks, i800-1810. 
Later on (1854), the late Sir William Macarthur gave the name as “ Terri-barri,” 
evidently the same name. 
“ Algerega” of the Clarence River aborigines. 
It is said to have been called “ Tanderoo ” by the natives of Southern 
Queensland. 
* There are two others (a) the Silver-leaved Ironbark (Eucalyptus melanopMoia), which is closely allied, botanically, 
to E. crebra. It occurs in the drier parts of the State, west and north-west. It is usually small, (b) Eucalyptus Caleyi, a 
New England Ironbark allied to E. sideroxylon. 
