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beautiful bird, and it was with much satisfaction that they were able 

 to record that many landowners and game preservers had become 

 convinced in late years that owls of all sorts are not only harmless to 

 game, but most beneficial to agriculturists, and had issued orders for 

 their preservation." 



WEEDS ON GOLF GREENS. 



The years 1908 and 1909 have been exceptionally favourable to 

 the increase of weeds. During 1909 a detailed investigation has been 

 conducted with a view to ascertaining the cause or causes of the 

 deterioration of the Greens on a Golf Course, and the rapid increase of 

 weeds. 



Unless well laid down at the outset, Greens that bear a lot of 

 play very soon deteriorate, due to numerous causes, amongst which 

 may be mentioned bad drainage, heavy rolling, wrong top-dressings, 

 lack of proper plant food, sourness or acidity of the soil, etc. 



Amongst the weeds complained of in the case here referred to 

 the following were the worst, and on some of the Greens had over- 

 powered the Fescue and other fine grasses, the result being slow 

 and uncertain playing Greens. 



Crowfoot. 



Mouse-Ear Chickweed. 



Mouse-Ear Chickweed. 



Sand wort. 



Ladies Bedstraw. 



Daisy. 



Yarrow. 



Dandelion. 



Greater Plantain. 



Hoary Plantain. 



Ribwort. 



Sheep's Sorrel. 



Annual Meadow Grass. 



Dutch Clover. 



Various Mosses. 



Ranunculus bulbosus. 

 Cerastium triviale. 

 Cerastium arvense. 

 A renaria ten n i folia . 

 Gal iu m vcrum. 

 Bellis perennis. 

 A chill e a m illefo!iu m . 

 Taraxacum officinale. 

 Plantago major. 

 Plant ago media. 

 Plantain lanceolata. 

 Rumex acetosella. 

 Poa annua. 



