Notes and Queries. 659 



Black Gajvie Injuring Trees. — I have charge of a large young phinta- 

 tion of larch and Scots fir, which is very much injured each season by 

 black game. As I cannot get permission to shoot or kill them, can you or 

 any of your readers tell me of any other sure and 'pradicaMe method of 

 preventing them injuring the trees ? — J. M., Galloway. 



Planting Irons. — Where can I purchase, in the south of England, the 

 planting iron, or small planting spade, so much used for planting trees in 

 the north of Scotland ? — Robert Mack ay, The Moor Manor, Dorset. 



Squirrel Traps.— Can any of your readers inform me of the best trap 

 to catch those lively little animals, giving the besf^position in which to 

 place it, and the best bait to use ? Or can any one describe a plan they 

 have found effective in driving them away (not killing jthem) from a 

 plantation ? — R. Taylor, DumhartonsMre. 



Plan,ting Peat Bog. — Having a few acres of flat-lying, deep peat bog 

 which I am desirous to grow trees upon, for ornament and shelter as well 

 as for use, but which can only be well drained to a depth of about 4 feet 

 from the surface, I would feel greatly obliged if some of your able corre- 

 spondents would kindly advise me what to plant with a fair prospect of 

 rearing good-sized trees. I have tried larch and Scotch fir, but both soon 

 rot at the heart. Can any one suggest a remedy for this ? Want of an 

 outfall will not permit deeper draining. — Munster. 



Mistletoe on Fir.— This is said to grow on the " fir " [Scots pine ?] in 

 Germany. Do any of your numerous readers know of a plant of mistletoe 

 growing on a fir or Scots fir in the United Kingdom ? Or do any of 

 them know of it growing on any coniferous or resinous tree in this 

 country ? If so, would they kindly favour us by naming the species of 

 conifer the mistletoe is growing upon, and where it is to be seen in Great 

 Britain or Ireland P — L. B. White, Chelsea. 



Tree Roots Choking Deains. — I am put to much annoyance and 

 expense by the roots of beech and lime trees continually choking some 

 stone and tile-pipe drains which run through a plantation and are neces- 

 sary for its drainage, and that of a park lying above it. Can any of your 

 correspondents, who have had practical experience in the matter, inform 

 me of a plan to prevent the roots choking the drains, and yet allow of the 

 free ingress of the water to the pipes ? — Inquirer. 



