February 8,1894. 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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coastal district, and some of the least known of the brush forest trees 
have wood grained and beautifully marked, and capable of receiving 
the highest polish, while others are fragrantly perfumed. These woods 
are adapted to the finest description of cabinet-making, and it is strange 
that their merits should have so long escaped attention. Amongst the 
chief varieties of woods of this class may be mentioned the Red 
Cedar, the wood of which, somewhat resembling mahogany, is admir¬ 
ably adapted for the finer kinds of cabinet makers’ work. Some 
largely exceed the exports. The imports, however, are chiefly pine and 
softwood. The pine grown in the colony is in some respects inferior to 
both Oregon and kauri, hence the large importation of these timbers, 
but the softwoods of the country will bear favourable comparison with 
those of any part of the world, both for durability and beauty. They 
are easily wrought and well adapted for the finer kind of carpentry and 
cabinet work, and it is only because they are so little known that 
the softwoods of the brush forests have not been more extensively used. 
of the Cedar trees grow to immense size, as much as 2500 cubic feet of 
valuable timber having been obtained from one tree. Among other 
trees may also be mentioned the Rosewood, Tulipwood, Yellowwood, 
White Maple, White Beech, Myall, Marblewood, Mock Orange, and 
many others. Besides their use for cabinet-making, many of the brush 
timbers are of great utility for the rougher kinds of carpentry ; while 
some, both hard and soft woods, are admirably adapted for coach- 
builders’ and coopers’ work. 
Colonial deal is an excellent timber, and is obtained in very large 
scantling, the tree frequently reaching 120 feet in height. It is soft, 
close grained, easily wrought, and remarkably free from knots. Its use, 
therefore, is extensive for cabinet makers’ work and house fittings. 
Although New South Wales is endowed with great wealth of timber, 
not only of hardwood, but of softwood and pine, the imports very 
EUCHARIS LOWI. 
This very distinct Eucharis was introduced by Messrs. Hugh Low 
and Co., Clapton, some time ago, and when exhibited at the Drill Hall, 
Westminster, last year, the Floral Committee of the Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society adjudged an award of merit for it. The illustration, 
(fig. 17) which has been prepared from a sketch taken on the occasion 
mentioned, pourtrays the character of the flowers. They are as large 
as those of Eucharis grandiflora, and remarkably pretty. The 
distinctiveness embraces the incurving of the segments, which are pure 
white, with yellowish green where the stamens join the corona. The 
leaves are borne on tall footstalks, and are similar in shape to the 
foliage of E. Candida, though considerably larger. 
