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Melampsora spp., cause of leaf-rusts on poplar, birch, and willow 19 



Mesquite, mistletoe injury 15 



Mildews, Erysipheae, description and control 18 



Mistletoe, injuries to forest trees 14-17 



Mosses, injuries to forest trees 17 



Mushroom, honey, description, growth, habits, and injuries to trees 23-24 



fruiting bodies, development 23-24 



method of infection 24 



Xectria cinnabarina, injury to forest trees and mode of attack 21-22 



Xummularia fungi, injury to forest trees and mode of attack 21 



Xyssa sylvatica. See Gum, black. 



Oak, black, susceptibility to sulphur-gas injury 12 



chestnut, susceptibility to sulphur-gas injury 11, 12 



"hill" and "bottom," comparative resistance to decay 63, 65-66 



live, southern moss injury 17 



piped-rot, description, growth, and prevention 39-40 



post, susceptibility to sulphur-gas injury 11, 12 



red, decay of timber, rapidity 63 



mildew injury 18 



scarlet, susceptibility to sulphur-gas injury 11, 12 



Spanish, disease similar to chestnut bark disease 22 



susceptibility to sulphur-gas injury 11, 12 



timber, decay caused by Daedalea quercina, description 61, 74 



Stereum frustulosum 60-61 



white-rot, susceptibility 48, 74 



susceptibility to sulphur-gas injury 11, 12 



Oaks, heart-rot caused by Fomes everhartii, description 48 



injury by Thelephora galactina 24 



Xummularia fungi 22 



leaf-blister fungi injury 21 



mistletoe injury 15 



red heart -rot, susceptibility 37. 74 



sap-rot, occurrence 57 



soft-rot caused by Polyporus obtusus, description, etc 41-42 



tolerance of ground water in soils 13 



white heart-rot, susceptibility 27, 30 



rot, cause, description, growth, and results 44-45. 74 



Olive trees, destruction by Fomes fulvus in Italy 47 



Parasites causing diseases of trees 14-25 



Pear, red heart-rot, susceptibility 37 



white-rot, susceptibility 48 



Pecan, southern moss injury 17 



Phoradendron flavescens, injuries to forest trees, propagation, and efforts to 



control 14-16 



Phyllosticta acericola, cause of maple leaf-spot 20 



Piling timber, precautions 66 



Pine, pitch, susceptibility to sulphur-gas injury 11, 12 



scrub, susceptibility to sulphur-gas injury 11 



white, susceptibility to sulphur-gas injury 11. 12 



Pinus spp. See Pine. 

 Piped-rot. See Rot, piped. 

 Pitch pine. See Pine, pitch. 



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