Kate,
Sorry Kate I did not know the difference. I just thought that gum trees were
gum tress. Thank you for letting me down softly.
This is one of the wonderful things about this list you learn something new
almost every day.
Pete
> BTW, the "gum" trees in Australia are not acacia, but eucalyptus - a
> completely different species. In fact I don't know if they even exude a gum!
> The leaves and bark are a very good substantive dye for natural protein
> fibres though.The native acacia trees are the "wattle", a typical acacia
> with yellow fluffy flowers that grow to about 5m high.
>
>
Kate>
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Received on Fri Nov 7 18:28:58 2003
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