XXVI.] 
STRING Y-BARK 
205 
The Stringy-bark is liable to the peculiar defect 
noticed in the Jarrah, and described at p. 191. In a 
specimen of this wood obtained in 1842 from “ Cook’s 
tree ” in a forest bordering on Adventure Bay, Van 
Diemen’s Land, there are several imperfect annual layers, 
which are partially filled with a reddish resinous secre¬ 
tion. It is believed that this specimen was cut from the 
identical Stringy-bark tree which Captain Cook marked 
to denote his visit to that place. When I saw it, the 
tree was partially destroyed, and it is probable that 
Cook’s marks had long before disappeared. It bore on 
the north side the letters— 
LE 
GEO GR 
a c 
GA 
and on the south side—■ 
LAN 1802 
LAF R = GA 
AP : — L 
DE - • • • 
The Tewart, Jarrah, Kari, Iron-bark, Blue-gum, and 
Stringy-bark trees, are among the noblest of the vege¬ 
table products of Australia and Van Diemen’s Land ; 
but there are many others of nearly equal value. During 
a visit to Auckland, New Zealand, in 1843, i n H.M.S. 
“Tortoise,” the Colonial Secretary of Van Diemen’s 
Land informed me by letter that he had sent a box 
containing samples of forty woods the product of that 
country; but, unfortunately, it never reached me. 
The following table contains a list of these woods, 
with the particulars of their growth, the soils favourable 
to them, and the several uses for which they are most 
suitable ; observing that the specimens were collected, 
and the information respecting them given, by an in¬ 
telligent sawyer who had been many years employed in 
the colony. 
