Commissioners for New South Wales, Sydney.— A Collection of Commercial Timbers of N.S.W.— continued. 
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Eucalyptus botryoides . 
(Smith.) 
Myrtace®. 
Bastard Mahogany 
Timber strong and durable, used for felloes of wheels and boat knees. Hab., 
coast districts. Height, 40 to 50 feet ; diameter, 24 inches. 
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Eucalyptus creba . 
(P. v. M.) 
Myrtace®. 
Grey Ironbark ... 
Timber hard, heavy tough, strong, inlocked, and durable ; used for poles and 
shafts of carriages, spokes of wheels, railway sleepers, &c. Hab., open forests, 
northern and southern coast districts, extending some distance inland. Height 
100 to 150 feet ; diameter, 2 to 5 feet. 
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Eucalyptus longifolia. 
(Link) 
Myrtace®. 
Woolly-butt . 
Timber strong and durable ; used for wheelwrights’ work, fencing, felloes, spokes, 
shafts, housebuilding. Hab., open forests on rich alluvial flats, coastal dis¬ 
tricts ; plentiful. Height, 100 to 150 feet; diameter, 3 to 5 feet. 
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Eucalyptus macrorrliynclicV 
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Myrtace®. 
Stringy bark . 
Timber excellent for house carpentry, flooring-boards, fencing, &c. Hab., open 
forests, chiefly west of the Dividing Range. 
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Eucalyptus inicrocorys. 
(F.v.M.) 
Myrtace®. 
Tallow-wood ...... 
Timber strong, handsome, and durable ; very useful for building purposes, and 
especially for flooring-boards ; used also for palings, &c. Hab., coast districts. 
Height, 100 to 150 feet; diameter, 6 to 8 feet. 
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Eucalyptus pilularis. 
(Smith) 
Myrtace®. 
Black-butt . 
Timber excellent for house carpentry, ship-building, and for any purpose where 
strength and durability are required. Hah., open forests from Twofold Bay to 
the Hastings River, and extending a considerable distance inland. Height, 100 
to 200 feet ; diameter, 3 to 8 feet. 
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Eucalyptus paniculata . 
(Smith) 
Myrtace®. 
She or Bale Iron- 
bark. 
Timber much valued, hard, tough, strong, unlocked, and durable ; used for 
bridges, sleepers, railway carriages, beams, poles of bullock drays, piles, spokes 
of wheels, &c. Hab., open forests, northern and southern coast districts ; 
plentiful. Height, 100 to 150 feet; diameter, 4 to 5 feet. 
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Eucalyptus populifolia. 
Red box . 
Timber hard, close-grained, and durable; used for posts and building purposes, 
mauls, railway sleepers, &c. ; handsome wood when polished. Hab., on dry 
stony ridges, southern and western interior districts ; moderately plentiful. 
Height, 40 to 50 feet; diameter, 24 inches. 
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