Garland Globe | 1906-03-24 | Page 6 | Australian Forest Trees

Australian Forest Trees. Jarrah wood Is the most magnificent, magnifi-cent, ns well ns the most valuable treo In tho Australian forest. An av-orago av-orago treo Is about two hundred feet high, four feet In diameter at two to four feet from the ground, and about a hundred and fifty feet to the first ' branch. Trees of this size nro usually usu-ally sound In overy respect, and turn out timber free from tho blemishes of dry rot, gum veins 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, nnd with 11 clrcumfcrenco at tho base of twenty to thirty feet. From one tree nlono as much as a hundred tons of timber havo been cut. Tho timber Is hard, heavy, elastic ami tough. Tho grain Is Interlaced, giving It nn extraordinary strength and mnk- Ing It especially suitable for engineer- n lug purposes.