World's Columbian Exposition , Chicago , 1893. 697 
Department N — Forestry. 
Grcmp 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. 
Economic Uses, &c. 
Miscellaneous Exhibits of New South Wales Eorest Products —continued. 
150 
131 
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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 
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Brush Cherry. 
147 
180 
Myrtle . 
148 
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Yellow Grass-tree 
Gum. 
149 
Red Grass-tree Gum 
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. 
Black Wattle 
Wattle. 
, Wattle. 
I Forest Oak 
Sycamore . .. 
Sycamore . 
Black Bean . 
Black Bean . 
Forest Oak . 
Red Bean . 
Myall. • • •• 
Black wood or H ick ory 
Blackwood or Hickory 
Honeysuckle . 
Lightwood . 
Lightwood . 
Bark Hut. 
Sample'of resin of the “Grass-tree” ( XnnthorrJuea 
hast Hi*) ; 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 pow der, " hich is 
of a dull burnt sienna-brown, admixed with a few 
dark particles. It is used a3 a wood stain, chiefly 
by Chinese carpenters, &c. 
Sample from Acacia decurrcns, from Toinago State- 
Forest Wattle plantation. New South \\ ales. 
Analysis : tannic acid, 26‘75 per cent. , 
Sample of ground YV attle bark, obtained in the neigh¬ 
bourhood of Cobar go, 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 fromCooranbong, 
New South Wales. 
Gun stock 
timbers. 
manufactured] from New South \4 ales 
