The useful native plants of Australia (including Tasmania) / J. H. Maiden

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Maiden, J. H. (Joseph Henry), 1859-1925
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N 581.6 MAI
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London : Trubner and Co. ; Sydney : Turner and Henderson, 1889
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USEFUL NATIVE PLANTS OF AUSTRALIA. 3
TECHNOLOGICAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND SANITARY MUSEUM OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 7
PREFACE. 11
CONTENTS. 15
HUMAN FOOD AND FOOD ADJUNCTS.* 17
FORAGE PLANTS A. GRASSES,* OR NATURAL ORDER GRAMINEÆ. 86
FORAGE PLANTS. B. NON-GRASSES, INCLUDING PLANTS INJURIOUS TO STOCK.* 129
SUBSTANCES REPUTED MEDICINAL. (DRUGS).* 161
GUMS, RESINS, AND KINDS. A. (GUMS.) 224
Gums, Resins, and Kinds. B. (RESINS.) INCLUDING GUM-RESINS. 239
GUMS, RESINS, AND KINDS. C. (KINGS.) (SEE ALSO “TANS.”) 251
OILS: A. (VOLATILE or ESSENTIAL.) 269
OILS: B. (EXPRESSED OR FIXED.) 299
PERFUMES. (SEE ALSO “ESSENTIAL OILS.”) 304
DYES. 309
TANS. (FOR SUCH TANS AS ARE KINGS, SEE “KINGS.”) 318
TIMBERS. 347
TIMBER EXPERIMENTED UPON BY THE VICTORIAN TIMBER BOARD, 1884. 378
EUCALYPTUS TIMBERS. 443
TIMBER EXPERIMENTED UPON BY THE VICTORIAN TIMBER BOARD, 1884. 450
TIMBER EXPERIMENTED UPON BY THE VICTORIAN TIMBER BOARD, 1884. 454
TRANSVERSE EXPERIMENTS. 461
TABLE SHOWING COMPARATIVE TESTS OF “INDIAN TEAK” AND “ENGLISH OAK.” 462
TENSILE EXPERIMENTS. 462
“KARRI” (E. diversicolor) EXPERIMENTED UPON BY THE VICTORIAN TIMBER BOARD, 1884. 463
TASMANIAN BLUE GUM (E. globulus). 472
TRANSVERSE EXPERIMENTS. 472
TENSILE EXPERIMENTS. 473
“BLUE GUM” (E. globulus) EXPERIMENTED UPON BY THE VICTORIAN TIMBER BOARD, 1884. 474
TENSILE EXPERIMENTS. 476
“TUART” (E. gomphocephala) EXPERIMENTED UPON BY THE VICTORIAN TIMBER BOARD, 1884. 477
VERTICAL EXPERIMENTS. 478
“BASTARD BOX,” (E. goniocalyx) EXPERIMENTED UPON BY THE VICTORIAN TIMBER BOARD, 1884. 479
“SPOTTED GUM,” (E. hæmastoma) EXPERIMENTED UPON BY THE VICTORIAN TIMBER BOARD, 1884. 483
“CANARY WOOD” (E.hemiphloia) EXPERIMENTED UPON BY THE VICTORIAN TIMBER BOARD, 1884. 485
TIMBER EXPERIMENTED UPON BY THE VICTORIAN TIMBER BOARD, 1884. 491
TENSILE EXPERIMENTS. 506
TRANSVERSE EXPERIMENTS. 506
“JARRAH” (E. marginata) EXPERIMENTED UPON BY THE VICTORIAN TIMBER BOARD, 1884. 507
“TALLOW WOOD” (E. microcorys), EXPERIMENTED UPON BY THE VICTORIAN TIMBER BOARD, 1884. 510
TASMANIAN “STRINGYBARK.” (E. obliqua.) 513
“MESSMATE” (E. tlliqua), EXPERIMENTED UPON BY THE VICTORIAN TIMBER BOARD, 1884. 514
“BLACKBUTT” (E.piperita) EXPERIMENTED UPON BY THE VICTORIAN TIMBER BOARD, 1884. 520
“BLUE GUM” (E. saligna), EXPERIMENTED UPON BY THE VICTORIAN TIMBER BOARD, 1884. 531
TENSILE EXPERIMENTS. 534
TRANSVERSE EXPERIMENTS. (Laslett.) 534
“IRONBARK” (E. siderophloia), EXPERIMENTED UPON BY THE VICTORIAN TIMBER BOARD, 1884. 535
“GUM TOP STRINGYBARK” (E. Sieberiana), EXPERIMENTED UPON BY THE VICTORIAN TIMBER BOARD, 1884. 538
“BEECH” (Fagus Cunninghamii), EXPERIMENTED UPON BY THE VICTORIAN TIMBER BOARD, 1884. 552
FIBRES. 633
PLANTS HAVING MISCELLANEOUS USES 652
INDEX. 661
INDEX. 663
VERNACULAR NAMES. 664
BOTANICAL NAMES. 683

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