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Black Game. 



In some places these are found very troublesome, owing to 

 their fondness for young Scots pine buds. They seem to be 

 hardest on them when the trees are first planted out, as they 

 then invariably peck out the leading bud, and thereby give the 

 young tree the appearance of a bush more than a tree. A 

 good preventive is to smear the leading buds with a mixture of 

 archangel tar and tallow, this being done before the plants 

 leave the nursery, and continued for a year or two afterwards, 

 until the leader gets beyond the reach of the birds. Let them 

 pick the buds out of the side branches by all means, for the writer 

 has an idea that this is beneficial, rather than otherwise, as it 

 may force or induce the young plant to put more vigour into 

 the leading shoot. Geo. Mow at. 



REVIEWS AND NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



The Artistic Anatomy of Trees : Their Structure a?id Treatment 

 in Fainting. By Rex Vicat Cole. Illustrated by 50 

 examples of pictures from the time of the early Italian 

 artists to the present day, and 165 drawings by the author, 

 supplemented by 300 diagrams in the text, xv + 347 pp. 

 Price 7s. 6d. net. London : Seeley, Service & Co., 1916. 



This book is written primarily for artists, but foresters and all 

 tree-lovers will find it interesting, and will be charmed by the 

 beautiful drawings of trees and parts of trees. The volume is 

 divided into three parts, which are entitled, "Trees considered in 

 Relation to Painting," " The Anatomy of a Tree," " The Details of 

 Trees." The first part is illustrated by a number of reproductions 

 of famous pictures, as well as by drawings and diagrams, and 

 makes its primary appeal to the art student. On the other hand, 

 the two following parts give a large amount of botanical detail, 

 arranged in a simple fashion, and illustrated in a way which the 

 botanist can rarely emulate. Further, Mr Cole's special purpose 

 leads him to consider leaves, twigs and buds with a loving care 

 which the older type of botanist in the general case only gives 

 to parts which are of value in classification. Such points as the 



