APPENDIX II 



CHAPTER XIII 

 EPIPHYTES, PARASITES, AND SAPROPHYTES 



General Reading 



EPIPHYTES : 



Kerner and Oliver, Volume I, Part i, pp. 115 (bottom) -117; 



Part 2, pp. 753, 754. 

 PARASITES : 



Kerner and Oliver, Volume I, Part i, pp. 171-215. 

 SAPROPHYTES : 



Kerner and Oliver, Volume I, Part i, pp. 99-1 19. 



As the laboratory work proceeds, the relationships exist- 

 ing between epiphytes, parasites, and saprophytes should be 

 brought out and the gradations between the various kinds. 



I. These Aerial Orchids, as they are called, are generally 

 obtainable, and may perhaps be borrowed or hired of the 

 florist. 



II. The Rock Lichens are also good examples. The 

 " symbiosis " character of the Lichen may be explained by 

 the teacher if desirable. 



Read Kerner and Oliver, Volume I, Part i, pp. 243-248. 



III. Mistletoes are fairly readily obtainable in California 

 and in the southern portion of the United States from the 

 Rocky Mountains eastward, from oaks, etc. Pieces of the 

 branches upon which they grow should be taken with them. 

 In other parts of the country, supplies must be drawn from 

 correspondents or from the florists who have supplies about 

 Christmas time, but such specimens usually lack any portion 

 of the host plant. 



