1 Ocr., 1899.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 391 
REPORT ON THE TIMBER TREES OF THE HERBERTON 
DISTRICT, NORTH QUEENSLAND. 
By J. F, BAILEY, 
Assistant to the Colonial Botanist, 
Brisbane, 10th September, 1899. 
Sir,—l have the honour to submit herewith an account of the trees 
furnishing useful woods which were met with during a visit to the Herberton 
district in June and July last. They are arranged systematically, with a popular 
description of each. 
In accordance with the wish of the Committee of the Herberton Mining, 
Pastoral, and Agricultural Association, I examined, for the above-mentioned 
purpose, the Upper Barron River district, a good deal of the country between 
there and the Russell River, and the scrubs of the Evelyn district. A plentiful 
supply of large timbers was noticed in all these parts, only a few kinds of which 
are being cut at the mills. In most cases the same kinds were met with in all 
the parts visited, but those of the Evelyn district seemed of the finest growth. 
Owing to the land, which is of a very rich quality, being required for 
cultivation in a number of localities, many valuable timbe} trees are being cut 
down and burnt. It seems a pity to see such a waste; but as the district 
abounds with good timber it will be many years before the loss will be felt. 
With a view of making the identification easier, wboriginal and local names 
were obtained where possible, although the latter are in many cases confusing, 
several different trees, for instance, being cut under the name of “Silky Oak,” 
which are all distinct from the Silky Oak of South Queensland (Grevillea 
robusta). 
Again, there are two Oryptocaryas, both large trees 
“Walnut,” neither of which is Juglans nigra, the Blac 
an American tree, although one was published under that name in a pamphlet 
locally prepared for the Melbourne Exhibition of 188s, | should not have 
referred to this had I not been asked on several Occasions during my visit 
if this was the correct name, which seemed to them robable, as the wood 
had been sent to a firm in Melbourne, who I was told mistook it for black 
walnut, and spoke favourably of it for use in the manufacture of billiard- 
tables. 
For many years we have been trying to obtain Specimens in order to make 
out the systematic name of the timber called “ Cardwell] Maple.” On my way 
to Brisbane, at the sugvestion of the Hon. A. S. Cowley, T obtained permission 
to visit the Murray and Tully Rivers, near Cardwell, and found the tree which 
furnished this timber to be a new Hlindersia (#. Chatawaiana, Bail.), and is 
identical with the Red Beech of the Herberton district. This timber is very 
highly thought of in the North, being suitable for many purposes, and I would 
particularly recommend it to the special attention of Forestry Board, should 
such be formed, for planting on a large scale. Other trees of the district that 
might be recommended for this purpose wre— Culophyllum costatum, Flindersia 
Schottiana, Oedrela Toona, blepharocarya tneolucrigera, Castanospermum 
australe, Hucalyptus resinifera and EB. maculata v, citriodora, Xanthostemon 
chrysanthos, Hugenia gustavioides, Gmelina Sasciculifera, Daphnandra aroma- 
tica, Oryptocarya Palmerstoni and CO. Bancrofti, Carnarvonia araliafolia, 
Embothrium Wickhami, Cardwellia sublimis, Stenocarpus sinuatus, Podocarpus 
pedunculata, and Agathis Palmerstoni ; all of which will be found deseribed in 
the list attached hereto. ; 
Doubtless the trip would have been productive of 
hotanical novelties had I devoted time to the smaller growths, but during the 
whole of the time my principal attention was directed to the timber trees for 
which the district has for years been noted, but of which very little was 
systematically known. However, I wax fortunate enough to discover a number 
of new species, descriptions of which will appear among “ Contributions to the 
Queensland Flora” in next month's Queensland Agricultural Journal. Not 
» known by the name of 
k Walnut of commerce, 
a greater number of 
