1 Jan., 1902.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 55. 
instruments, &c. The new method of decorating walls with veneers instead of 
tapestry. wallpaper, or leather has resulted in a great increase in the demand 
for woods suitable for the purpose. In the museum of the Department of 
Agriculture may be seen a very fine collection of forest and scrub timbers, 
polished, planed, and in the rough. These are all named, both the scientific 
and the common Australian name being appended to each specimen. The 
localities, whence they came are also indicated, whilst a little book by Mr. F. 
M. Bailey, Government Botanist, is available, which gives all information 
about these timbers. If scrub selectors would avail themselves of these 
means of finding out the value of their trees, they might discover that 
it would pay them to refrain from burning them. Here is an instance 
of the value of rosewood. Some years ago, when the settlers in the 
Rosewood Scrub were felling and burning every stitch on their selection, we 
obtained a log of rosewood about 8 feet in length and 15 inches in diameter. 
The log was sent to Oxley, where it was cut into ¢-inch planks at the sawmill 
of the late Mr. Berry. The planks were kept for over a year, and then were 
sent to Mr. Carey, cabinet-maker, to be converted into a chest of drawers. 
Mr. Carey turned out a most’ beautiful piece of furniture, highly polished, and 
which was redolent of violet scent. The drawer-knobs were made of another 
Deautifully marked scrub timber—tulip-wood (Harpullia pendula). Such an 
article of furniture, which only cost £5 to make in Queensland, was valued by 
an English expert at £15. 
Appended we give a short list of a few of the Queensland woods, which are 
beautifully marked, and which are susceptible of high polish :— 
Black Ebony (Maba reticulata and M. geminata). Black in the centre, 
close in grain, hard and tough, the black a good substitute for ebony. Scrubs of 
Northern Queensland. 
White Myrtle (Rhodamnia Argentea). Wood dark-brown, close-grained, 
hard, tough, and durable. .Southern Queensland scrubs. 
A Brown Silky Oak (Musgravea Leptostachya). Wood of a light-brown 
colour, nicely marked, light, and firm. Does not shrink much or warp in 
drying. Tropical Queensland scrubs. 
Gutta Percha Tree (Zxcecaria parvifolia). Wood near the outside yellow, 
the heart dark and very beautifully marked, “close-grained, and easily worked. 
Tropical Queensland. 
Thready-barked Oak (Casuarina inophloia). Wood very beautiful, of a 
reddish colour, but with numerous dark marks, grain close. Both sides of the 
coast range in Queensland. 
Forest Oak (Casuarina torulosa). Wood of a reddish colour, very nicely 
marked, close in grain, and hard. Common on ranges in Queensland. 
Acacia (Acacia fasciculifera). Wood of a red colour, very hard, and close 
in grain. Central Queensland. 
Leguminous Ironbark (Lrythrophlawm Laboucherii). Wood red, hardest 
in Australia—close-grained. North Queensland. 
Acacia (Gidgee) (Acacia homalophylla). Wood dark, close-grained, heavy, 
and prettily marked. Western inland Queensland. 
Wormia alata. Wood of a dark colour, shows a pretty red “‘clash,” some- 
what resembles English oak. Close in grain, easy to work. Coast swamps of 
Queensland. 
Geijera Muellerit. Wood with a beautiful dark-clouded heart wood; the 
rest of a light colour; all, hard and close-grained... From Brisbane northward. 
Alexandrian Laurel or Domba-tree (Calophyllum inophyllum). Wood of 
a reddish colour and pretty, wavy figure, strong, and durable. Tropical Queens- 
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