World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. 697 
Department N.—Forestry. 
Group XIX—Classes 99, 100, and 101: Logs, Worked Timber, and Ornamental Wood. 
Commissioners for New South Wales, Sydney. —A Collection of Com¬ 
mercial Timbers of New South Wales— continued. 
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Miscellaneous Exhibits of New South Wales Forest Products— continued. 
134 
166 
Black Oak . 
135 
167 
Forest Oak . 
136 
168 
Swamp Oak. 
137 
169 
White Silky Oak ... 
138 
170 
Beef wood, .. 
Silky Oak 
139 
171 
Black Bean. 
140 
172 
Honeysuckle . 
141 
173 
Cabbage-tree . 
142 
175 
Pear-tree. 
143 
176 
Red Cedar . 
144 
177 
Black Wattle. 
145 
178 
Swamp Mahogany ... 
146 
179 
Brush Cherry. 
147 
180 
Myrtle . . 
148 
Yellow Grass-tree 
Gum. 
149 
Red Grass-tree Gum 
150 
Black Wattle . 
151 
Wattle. 
152 
Wattle. 
153 
Forest Oak . 
154 
Sycamore. 
155 
Sycamore. 
156 
Black Bean . 
157 
Black Bean. 
158 
Forest Oak . 
159 
Red Bean. 
160 
Myall. 
161 
Blackwood or Hickory 
162 
Blackwood or Hickory 
163 
Honeysuckle . 
164 
Lightwood . 
165 
Lightwood . 
166 
Bark Hut. 
Three small pieces of timber to each specimen, one 
being polished in the form of a walking stick, as a 
convenient mode of showing the grain, polish, and 
weight of the wood. 
Sample of resin of the “Grass-tree” (Xanthorrhcea 
hastilis) ; it breaks readily with a shining fracture 
and is easily reduced to powder ; it is used to make 
an inferior varnish, &c. ; somewhat resembles pow¬ 
dered gamboge, though possibly a little darker. 
Sample of resin of the grass-tree ( Xanthorrhcea, 
arborea.) It readily fractures, showing a bright 
surface. The colour is a purplish-brown, inclining 
to crimson. Is easily reduced to a powder, which is 
of a dull burnt sienna-brown, admixed with a few 
dark particles. It is used as a wood stain, chiefly 
by Chinese carpenters, &c. 
Sample from Acacia decurrens, from Tomago State 
Forest Wattle plantation. New South Wales. 
Analysis : tannic acid, 2675 per cent. 
Sample of ground Wattle bark, obtained in the neigh¬ 
bourhood of Cobargo, New South Wales. Analysis : 
27 *25 per cent, of tannic acid, 45*8 per cent, extract. 
Sample of chopped Wattle bark, obtained in the neigh¬ 
bourhood of Cobargo, New South Wales. Analysis : 
27'25 per cent, tannic acid, 45 ‘8 per cent, extract. 
Five bundles of shingles of Forest Oak froinCooranbong, 
New South Wales. 
^Gun stock manufactured] from New South Wales 
timbers. 
