Ja rra h in South-Western Australia, at nine million acres, and the
yield at an average about 500 cubic feet of good timber por acre.
The trees should be felled in autumn or towards the end of summer,
in which case the timber will not warp. The tree grows chiefly on
ironstone-ranges. I t does not accommodate itself to such a variety
of climes and soils as many other Eucalypts. A t Melbourne it is
not quick of growth, if compared to E. globulus or to E. obliqua,
but it is likely to grow with celerity in mountain-regions. I t succeeds
well on the mountains of Ceylon [Alexander]. Massed in its
native country it presents the features of the East Australian
stringybark-forests. Stems of this tree have been measured 80 feet
to the first branch, and 32 feet in circumference a t 5 feet from the
ground. Instances are even on record of the stem having attained a
girth of 60 feet a t 6 feet from the ground, through the formation of
buttresses. To prevent rending of the sawn-timber, Mr. Simpson
recommends it to be covered up with saw-dust.
E u c a ly p tu s m e la n o p h lo ia , F. v. Mueller.
The Silver-leaved Ironbark-tree of N ew South Wales and Queensland.
A middle-sized tree with a deeply furrowed bark and mealy
whitish foliage. The timber is strong and durable, and used for
telegraph-poles and railway-sleepers ; it is however apt to rend,
when exposed to the sun, unless well seasoned. The timber of all
ironbark-trees is applicable for wood-bricks used in street-paving.
Mr. Cosmo Newbery obtained from the bark 9 to 10 per cent, tannin.
E u c a ly p tu s m e llio d o ra , A. Cunningham.*
The Yellow Boxtree of Victoria and some parts of New South
Wales and Southern Queensland, of a spreading habit of growth,
attaining a height of about 120 feet, with a comparatively stout stem.
The wood resembles th a t of E, rostrata in texture, hut is of a paler
colour, and not quite so durable ; it is fully as strong, though second
to that of E. Leucoxylon, E . siderophloia, E. polyanthema, and the
best E . globulus ; it is esteemed for wheelwrights’ and other artisans’
work, in shipbuilding, and supplies excellent fuel. Weight of a
cubic foot of absolutely dried wood between 67 and 70 lbs., equal to
specific gravity 1-081-1-125 [F . v. M. and Rummel]. The young
trees are used for telegraph-poles. Flowers much sought by bees,
as they are particularly melligerons.
E u c a ly p tu s m ic ro c o ry s , P. v. Mueller.*
One of the Stringybark-trees of New South Wales and South
Queensland, mostly known as Tallowwood-tree by the colonists. I t
attains a great size ; barrel up to 100 feet in length and to 7 feet
The whole height is sometimes nearly in diameter, 300 feet [Fawcett
According to Mr. Clement Hodgkinson it is probably the
third in height among the Eucalypts, E. amygdalina and E. diversicolor
being first and second, but perhaps E. obliqua, E. Raveretiana,
E . pilnlaris, E . goniocalyx and partioularly E. globulus get as
hio-h, tbe latter reaching occasionally 330 feet as recorded by Mr.
BLkhonse. The wood is yellowish, free from kino-particles, easily
worked by saw or plane ; it is of a veiy greasy nature, so much so
as to he quite slippery when first cut [Ch. Fawcett]. This oily
substance, very similar to visoin, of which it contains about 1 per
cent., prevents the wood from splitting and twisting, though not
from shrinking. The timber is hard, durable even underground,
and is employed for railway-sleepers, wheelwrights’ work, knees and
breast-hooks in ship-building ; used with advantage and preferentially
for wood-bricks in the city of Sydney ; the young trees serve for
telegraph-poles. The foliage is remarkably rich in volatile oil. ih e
kino differs from that of other Stringybark-trees in being soluble
only in warm water and in hot alcohol ; it contains catechu |_J.
H. Maiden]. Dr. Dymock records the astonishing fact, that in soine
parts of India this tree grew 30 feet in two years [Dr. Bancroft].
This species did particularly well at George-town iu British Guiana,
growing at a rate from 10 to 18 feet yearly while in^ a young state
[Jenman ]. I t proved also valuable for the mountains of Ceylon,
where it grew 64 inches in girth in eight years, and where it exceeded
any other Eucalypt in celerity of growth [Alexander]. Not fit
for dry regions. »Mr. J . H. Maiden furnished an extensive original
article on this species for the Agric. Gazette of New South "W ales.
May, 1894. From well matured seeds simply scattered during the
cool season on suitable soil of openings in forests Eucalypts of almost
any kind can be established or regenerated with the utmost facility.
E u c a ly p tu s m ic ro th e c a , P. v. Mueller.
Widely dispersed over the most arid extra-tropical as well as
tropical inland regions of Australia. The “ Coolibah’ of the
aborigines according to the Rev. Dr. Woolls. The tree wants ferruginous
gravelly soil, perfectly drained. Withstands unscorched a
frequent heat of 156° F. in Central Australia, yet neither affected by
exceptionally severe frosts (18° F.) in the South of France, when
many other Eucalypts suffered. The development of this sp c ie s
in Southern France and Algeria has been marvellously quick [Prof.
Naudin]. One of the best trees for desert-tracts ; in favorable
places 150 feet high. Wood brown, sometimes very dark, hard,
heavy and elastic; it is prettily marked, hence used for cabinetwork,
but more particularly for piles, bridges and railway-sleepers
[Rev. Dr. Woolls].
E u c a ly p tu s m in ia ta , Cunningham.
Littoral North-Western Australia. Attains a height of 80 feet.
Likes somewhat ferruginous soil [M. Holtze]. The brilliancy of
its orange-coloured flowers can hardly be surpassed. Yields kmo ot a
reddish colour.