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| ‘1 May, 1900.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 399. 
27. Dysoxylon Muelleri, Benth.—Pencil Cedar ; Pencilwood ; Turnip-wood. 
A fine and often large tall tree, found in the alluvial scrubs, with bright- 
seen foliage, and rather large paniculate flowers; yielding a valuable, easily 
hee prettily marked, red timber; useful for cabinet work and interior 
nes, 
. A: Synoun glandulosum, A. Juss.—Scrub Bloodwood ; Dogwood; Rose- 
ood. 
h A. moderate-sized, evergreen scrub tree, with pinnate leaves, small panicu- 
te flowers (May to July), and an almost globular capsule; yielding a firm, 
ant worked, fragrant, reddish or rose coloured timber; useful for cabinet 
fork, 
29. Owenia venosa, F.v. M.—Crow Apple; Sour Apple; Sour Plum ; Tulip- 
A moderate-sized scrub tree, with pinnate leaves, small paniculate flowers, 
: ind the fruit a globular, acidulous, edible drupe. The timber is hard, close- 
| ined, very strong, and durable, of a lighter or darker reddish or rose colour ; 
| “Possesses first-class polishing qualities, and is valuable for cabinet work. 
30. Cedrela Toona, Roxb.—Red Cedar; Australian Cedar; ‘‘ Koolaman” ; 
| *Wood-tha,” or “ Woota.” 
A large deciduous scrub tree, with pinnate leaves, small paniculate flowers, 
| Md short fruit capsules ; yields a valuable, easily wrought, durable, beautifully 
stained, dark-red timber; useful for cabinet-making, furniture, and internal 
litings ; never very plentiful in the Burnett district. EP 
81. Flindersia australis, R. Br.—Crow’s Ash, Flindosa, Flandowzie ; 
Yellow-wood, Native Ash; Native Teak. 
le A large sized scrub tree—often the tallest tree in some scrubs— pinnate 
ves, numerous white flowers in dense or much branched panicles, and rough 
Woody fruits; yields a very hard, close-grained, compact, durable, strong, 
| Yellowish timber, useful for house-building and railway purposes, and also for 
Saves, It has excellent dyeing properties, and is capable of a good polish. On 
“Ccount of its hardness, being difficult to cut with the axe and to saw, it is not 
| “favourite and not much sought after. 
F ie Flindersia Oxleyana, F.y. M.—Common Yellow-wood ; Light Yellow- 
ood. 
f A tall and much branched scrub tree, with smooth bark, leaves crowded at 
he ends of the branches, flowers in loose terminal panicles, and woody fruits. 
€ timber is close grained, durable, hard, strong, and of a bright or clear yellow 
} “olour, especially when freshly cut, and often finely marked. It is liable to 
Varp when exposed to the weather. It possentes dyeing Prope es and is not 
teadily attacked by white ants. Useful for cabinet work, boat-building, axe 
| "td pick handles, staves for casks, and shafts of vehicles. 
DEFORESTATION AT REUNION AND ELSEWHERE. 
Tre ruthless cutting down of the beautiful forests, full of valuable timber, 
} uch of which was cleared by fire, has changed the face of the country. The 
| Worests, which formerly acted as sponges sending out fruitful water and humus 
 °Yer the lands, are now more or less cleared off. After rain, the water rushes. 
om them in a freshet, carrying all before it, and, sweeping the denuded sides 
) mountains, gradually reduces them to bare rock or crumbling shale, and 
ashes instead of fertilising the plateaux. Looking at a map of Réunion, a 
