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Several saplings of this wood were cut for studding-sail booms and oars, as also of the Podocarpos aspleniifolia, Labillardiere; this latter tree is known to the colonists by the name of Adventure Bay Pine, and grows on Bruny Island in Storm Bay; but it is there very inferior in size to those of Pine Cove. The Carpodontos lucida, or Australian snowdrop, of which Labillardiere has given a figure in his account of Admiral D'Entrecasteaux's voyage, was in full flower, and had a most beautiful appearance. The following is a list of the several species of trees that grow in this Cove, for which I am indebted to Mr.Cunningham: COLUMN 1: Natural Orders, Jussieu. COLUMN 2: Linn.Sex.
Syst. COLUMN 3: Name used by Colonists. COLUMN 4: Ordinary Dimensions.
Height in feet. COLUMN 5: Ordinary Dimensions.
Diameter at the Base. Coniferae : Dacrydium sp.? : Huon Pine : 40 to 60 : 2 feet to 5 feet. Coniferae : Podocarpos aspleniifolia, Labillardiere : Adventure Bay Yew, or Pine : 40 to 50 : 12 to 16 inches. Cunoniaceae : Weinmannia, sp.
: Native Beech : 20 to 25 : 4 to 5 inches. Amentaceae : Fagus : Native Birch : 40 : 12 to 14 inches. Proteaceae : Cenarrhenes nitida.
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