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NEW ZEALAND WOODS. WOOD SECTIONS, WITH BARK, FOLIAGE, AND INFLORESCENCE. Auckland— Dammara australis, Native name Kauri. By far the most valuable timber in the Colony; used for house-building, ship-building, viaducts, bridges, furniture, machinery, and a great variety of purposes ; combines the durability of the red deal of commerce (Pinus sylvestris) with the silkiness of Quebec yellow pine (Pinus strobus). Peculiar to the Province of Auckland. Dammara australis, var., Mottled Kauri. Specially valued for ornamental cabinet work. Lilocedrus doniana, Native name Kamaka. A light but durable furniture wood; burns with difficulty. Podocarpusferruginea, Native namo Miro. Podocarpus spicata, Native name Matai. Valuable furniture woods; the latter especially durable; often used for piles, sleepers, &c. Podocarpus totara, Native name Totara. Much used for general building purposes, and especially for piles; found throughout the Colony, and next in value to the Kauri. Podocarpus dacrydioides, Native name Kahikatea. White Pine. Much used for inside work. Dacrydium cupressinum, Native name Simu. Much used for furniture and ornamental work. Phyllocladus trichomanoides, Native name Tanekaha. A timber of remarkable toughness, lightness, and durability. Confined to the North Island. Persoonia toro. Native name Toro. A fine wood for inlaying. Elceocarpus dentatus, Native name Sinau. A white wood used for turners' work. Aleciryon excelsum, Native name Titoki. A remarkably tough and durable wood, used for tools and machinery purposes; the seeds yield a fine oil. Dodona>a ciscosa, Native name Ake-ake. Dysoxylum spectabiU, Native name Kohe-kohe. Cedar. Used for furniture and ornamental work. Sophora tetraptera, Native name Kowhai. A timber of great density and durability; used for tools and machinery purposes. Metrosideros robusta, Native name Sata. An immense tree, the trunk sometimes 15 feet in diameter; remarkable for the peculiar habit of growth in many cases —the seeds are blown by the wind into the masses of astelia and other epiphytic plants in the northern forests, where they vegetate and give out aerial roots, which seek the ground in search of nourishment, ultimately becoming giant trunks and strangling the supporting tree. Wood extremely dense and of great durability; used for shipbuilding. Ironwood of the settlers. Peculiar to tho North Island. Metrosideros tomenlosa, Native name Pohutukawa. For knees, ribs, and bent pieces, invaluable to the shipbuilder; surpasses English oak. Confined to the Province of Auckland. Leptospermum ericoides, Native name Raioiri. Panax crasaifolia, Native name Horoeka. Lancenood. Olearia cunninghamii, Native name Wharangipirau. Yitex littoralis, Native namo Puriri. Resembles Lignum vita:; ono of the most durable timbers known ; used for piles, machinery, and a great variety of special purposes. Almost confined to the Provinces of Auckland and Taranaki. Tetranthera calicaris, Native name Mangiao. Remarkably tough and compact; used for ships blocks and similar purposes. Nesodaphne tarairi, Native name Tarairi. Nesodaphne iawa, Native name Tawa. Used for most of the purposes to which sycamore is applied in Europe. Olea cunninghamii, Native name Maire. Used as a substitute for boxwood in wood engraving, and for various machinery purposes; hard and durable. Confined to the North Island. Knightia excelsa, Native name Sewa-rewa. Makes handsome veneers for cabinet work. Atherosperma nova-zealandice, Native name Pukatea. Used in boat-building.

Auckland — continued. Corynocarpus Icevigata, Native name Karaka. Olea apetala, Native name Slack Maire. Used as a substitute for boxwood in -wood engraving, and for various machinery purposes j hard and durable. Confined to the North Island. Myrsine australis, Native name Mapau. , Myrsine salicina, Native name Tipau. Myrsine salicina, var., Mapau. All furnish handsome veneers. Soheria populnea, Native name Hohere. Dracophyllum latifolium, Native name Nei-nei. , Much valued for inlaying. Eugenia maire, Native name Maire-tawaka. Hedycarya dentala, Native name Porokaiwhiri. Fagus fusca, Native name Tawai. A large and durable timber; used for sleepers and similar purposes. Coprosma arborea, Native namo Karatnu. Wellington— Podocarpus, undescribed sp., Native name Kahikatea. < Silver or Yellow Pine. Attains a diameter of 3to 4 feet; wood used for building purposes, and building small boats. Locality—Nelson, S. Island. 1 Slab of ditto. ' Leptospermum ericoides, Native name Manuka. Attains a diameter of 2to 4 feet; used for piles, fencing, and firewood ; old wood very ornamental in cabinet work. Locality, Bluff, S. Island. Olia cunninghamii, Native name Black Maire. Attains a diameter of 3to 4 feet; used by tho Natives in making implements of war and husbandry ; hard, 1 heavy, and durable, and well adapted for cabinet work. Locality, Wellington, N. Island. Knightia excelsa, Native name Sewa-rewa. Attains a diameter of 2to 3 feet; very ornamental in cabinet work. Locality, Wellington, N. Island. Eugenia maire, Native name Maire-tawhake. Attains a diameter of 2 feet; used by Natives in making implements of husbandry. Locality, Wellington, s N. Island. Nesodaphne tawa. Native name Tawa. Attains a diameter of 2 feet; a clean light wood, much, used in making casks for butter. Locality, Wellington, N. Island. Olearia cunninghamii, Native name Akewharangi. Attains a diameter of Ito 2 feet; adapted for cabinet work. Locality, Wellington, N. Island. Myrsine salicina. i Attains a diameter of Ito 2 font; adapted for cabinet i work. Locality, Wellington, N. Island. I Dysoxi/lum speclabile, Native name Kohe-kohe. Attains a diameter of Ito 2 feet; ornamental tree. Coprosma roiundifolia, Native name Karamu. ' Attains a diameter of 6 to 8 inches ; adapted for cabinet work. Locality, Wellington, N. Island. \ Myrlus bullata, Native name Hamarama. Attains a diameter of 6 to 8 inches, adapted for cabinet work. Locality, Wellington, N. Island. j Myrlus pedunculata. . Attains a diameter of G to 8 inches ; adapted for axe-handles, fencing, &c. Locality, Wellington, N. Island. Melicope iernala, Native name Tataka. Attains a diameter of 1 foot; an ornamental shrub tree. Locality, Wellington, N. Island. Piper excclsum, Native name Kawa-kawa. Attains a diameter of 0 to 8 inches ; adapted for » cabinet work. Locality, Wellington, N. Island. Drimys axillaris, Native namo Horopito. Attains a diameter of 6 to 8 inches ; adapted for cabinet work. Locality, Wellington, N. Island. Weinmannia racemosa, Native name Tauhero. Attains a diameter of 4 feet; wood close-grained and heavy ; bark valuable for tanning. Locality, Wellington, N. Island. Fagus fusca, Native name Tawhai. 3 Attains a diameter of 12 feet; wood used as fence stuff, and for building purposes. Locality, Wellington, N. Island. § Fagus solandri, local name, Slack-heart Birch. Attains a diameter of 8 feet; heart wood valuablo for piles, posts, or railway sleepers. Locality, Wellington, N. Island. Panax edgerleyi, Native name Saukaioa. Attains a diameter of 2 feet; tree very ornamental. Locality, Wellington, N. Island.

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