ALL ABOUT TREES—
Tree worship descends to us from the Druids. `` The Men of the Trees," who are now an influential body of priests, have headquarters in London, issue some delightful literature, especially their almanac, and preach their doctrine all over the Empire. Among ingenious additions to the literature of the subject was recently published a Wok on the humour and grotesqueness of trees, by Dr. Lonsdale Ragg, an Oxonian and an artist. The author, who has a peculiar gift for drawing the portraits of trees, is to edit and produce, in sympathetic association with the Men of the Trees, a quarterly magazine, devoted to "Tree Lore in its literary, historic, aesthetic and practical aspects." The really marvellous success of the little Green Quarterly, the Countryman, edited from Idbury, in Oxfordshire, suggests that Dr. Lonsdale Ragg may follow the progressive footsteps of Mr. Robertson Scott. For what Mr. Mieawber would call the ridiculous sum of 5s. we are to hear—and see in half-tone plates—all about trees every fourth month of the year. The quarterly, however, is not to be started unless sufficient encouragement is forthcoming. Will those therefore who like the idea send verbal promise of support to Dr. Lonsdale Ragg at 9 Blomfield Road, St. Leonard's-on-Sea ? The growth of the Men of the Trees under Mr. Barbe Baker's ardent leadership suggests that the number of votaries is more than sufficient.
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