CONTENTS. PAGE. A Standard Measure for Fruit; New South Wales Lemons in Canada; Canaigre as a substitute for Bark in Tanning; Alleged injurious effects through Cattle eating Grass-trees; Grass-tree Gum; Index to Vol. v; Fruit Models, Grasses, etc. 51 NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT. It is hereby notified that all matter contained in 4th June, 1894. Useful Australian Plants. BY J. H. MAIDEN, No. 16.-THE SO-CALLED MAHOGANIES OF NEW SOUTH WALES. INSTEAD of considering one timber, and one only, it occurred to me that it would be useful, on the present occasion, to treat as a group the various kinds of timber known as mahogany of one sort or another in New South Wales. I think a comparative examination of these allied timbers will thus be rendered more convenient, and a great amount of repetition will be saved, which could not be avoided if the timbers referred to were described in separate articles appearing on different occasions. Four distinct timbers go under the name of mahogany in this Colony, viz.:1. Red or Forest Mahogany (Eucalyptus resinifera, Sm.) 2. Swamp Mahogany (Eucalyptus robusta, Sm.) 3. Bastard Mahogany (Eucalyptus botryoides, Sm.) 4. White Mahogany (Eucalyptus acmenoides, Schauer). Other Vernacular Names.-1. "Red Mahogany."-This timber is often simply known as mahogany. A large-fruited form from the Olney Forest Reserve (Brisbane Water District) locally goes under the name of Mountain Mahogany. In Queensland it is often called "Jimmy Low," after the late Mr. James Low, of Maroochie River, a locality for some of the finest specimens in that Colony. 2. "Swamp Mahogany."-I am not aware of other vernacular (other than aboriginal) names for this tree. 3. "Bastard Mahogany."-Many years ago this timber shared the name of "Swamp Mahogany" with E. robusta, but the distinction is carefully made now between the two trees. Through confusion with E. longifolia it has also been called "Woolly Butt," but the name is erroneous, and its use should be discouraged. 4. "White Mahogany."-Stated to be known as stringybark at Rockingham Bay, Queensland, while broad-leaved box (a bad name, and likely to lead to confusion) is also quoted for this species. Aboriginal Names.-1. "Red Mahogany."-It was called "Booah" by the aborigines of the counties of Cumberland and Camden, according to the late Sir William Macarthur. 2. "Swamp Mahogany."-" Gunnung," Richmond River, New South Wales; "Gnorpin" and "Kimbarra," various Queensland tribes; "Dadangba" was also an aboriginal Queensland name according to Leichhardt. 3. "Bastard mahogany."-In the Brisbane Water District this timber was called "Bangalay" by the aborigines, and the name is still occasionally used by old-fashioned carpenters. The blacks of the Illawarra called it "Burram Murra" according to Sir William Macarthur. 4. "White Mahogany." It used to be called "Jundera" by the aborigines of the Richmond River, New South Wales. Botanical Names.—Eucalyptus, already explained. Resinifera, resin-bearing (or rather kino-bearing). The appropriateness or otherwise of the name Ꭺ |