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Diospyros virginiana, susceptibility to mistletoe infection 23 



Drought resistance, power of mistletoe seed and seedlings 13-14, 15 



Elm, cedar, protection from mistletoe infection 29 



susceptibility to mistletoe infection 21, 22, 29 



Elms, broad-leaved, immunity to mistletoe in Texas 21 



susceptibility to mistletoe infection 21, 22 



Endocarp, mistletoe seed, water-absorbing power 13 



Enzyme, mistletoe seedling, power of dissolving cell tissue of host 14, 20, 21, 32 



Fir trees, Europe, mistletoe infection 23 



Florists, handling of mistletoe '. 31 



Flowers, mistletoe, development, blooming season, and means of pollination. . 11 



Fraxinus spp. See Ash, Berlandier, and Ash, water. 



Fruit, mistletoe, development coincident with flowering season of following 



year 11 



Germination, mistletoe seedling 14-17 



Gleditsia spp. See Locust. 



Graft, bud, character of mistletoe seedling 15 



Grass, Johnson, rootstocks, behavior similar to that of mistletoe roots 17, 26 



Growth, mistletoe, rate in different localities and on different trees 17-18 



Gum, black, susceptibility to mistletoe infection 23 



sweet, susceptibility to mistletoe infection 22 



Hackberry, deformity by mistletoe 18 



destruction by mistletoe v 20 



protection from mistletoe infection 29 



susceptibility to mistletoe infection 10, 16, 21, 22, 29 



treatment for protection against mistletoe 27 



Hickory, susceptibility to mistletoe infection 22 



Host of mistletoe, death, cause of death of mistletoe 20 



effect of infection 19-20 



Hosts of mistletoe, freedom of interchange 23-24 



in Texas, list 22-23 



various localities, lists 21-23 



Infection, mistletoe, application of tree surgery 28-29, 33 



elimination, directions 27, 33 



methods of preventing spread 25-30 



points of attack 21 



prevention, care of trees 29-30 



trees susceptible, various localities 21-23 



Insect pollination of Viscum album 11 



Introduction to bulletin 7 



Johnson grass. See Grass, Johnson. 



Lenticels, tree bark, mistletoe attack 21 



Life history and biology of mistletoe 10-19 



Lime, bird, use of pulp of mistletoe berry 11 



Liquidambar styraciflua, susceptibility to mistletoe infection 22 



Locust, honey, susceptibility to mistletoe infection 23 



water, susceptibility to mistletoe infection 23 



Melia azedarach, susceptibility to mistletoe infection 23, 24 



Mesquite, area of infection by mistletoe 25 



deformity by mistletoe 18 



infection by mistletoe, description and rate of growth 16, 18 



. susceptibility to mistletoe infection 22, 23 



Mist el varieties. See Viscum album. 

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