Garland Globe | 1906-03-24 | Page 4 | Australian Forest Trees

Australian Forest Trees. I Jarruh wood Is the most magnificent, magnifi-cent, ns well ns the most valunble tree in tho Australian forest. An av-orago av-orago treo Is about two hundred feet high, four feet lu diameter ut two to four feet from tho ground, and about a hundred and fifty feet to tho first branch. Trees of this slzo are usually usu-ally sound In every respect, and turn out timber freo from tho blemishes of dry rot, gum volnB and other defects de-fects to which largo trees are subject. sub-ject. It is not unusual to find trees three hundred feet high, measuring a hundred and fifty feet to tho first branch, and with a clrcumferenco nt tho base of twenty to thirty feet. From one treo nlono ns much as a hundred tons of timber havo been cut. Tho timber la hard, heavy. Hustle ami tough. Tho grain Is Interlaced, giving It an extraordinary strength and making mak-ing It especially suitable for engineering engineer-ing purposes,