. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. l>i;( iMiii i: 1 I, The Florists' Review 35 iiiucli fficatcr, siiic(3 tlic l']iii(i|)r;iii [)l;int hcloii^s 1() one ^cims, \isi-iiiii, and tlir Aiiiciicaii to aiiotlici', jilim ailrndiiiu. Tlu'i-c ail' aliout, elcvfii .sjictics oL' tlio \i)ii'iis1, and .x'casioiially ^rowinj^ as I'ar noith as Nl'W .Jeiscy and Oliio. 8('\('ial spfcics liavo IjfC'ii ^'-yjioitiid iroiu Missnmi, al- lliouyli'^ rare. \\'liil(! (ii'diiiarily iM)iisi<lirc(l a paia -,il(', siii('(( it always i;ruws ii|ioii sniin 'rcc, till' inislictdc is not strirtly siicii.
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. l>i;( iMiii i: 1 I, The Florists' Review 35 iiiucli fficatcr, siiic(3 tlic l']iii(i|)r;iii [)l;int hcloii^s 1() one ^cims, \isi-iiiii, and tlir Aiiiciicaii to aiiotlici', jilim ailrndiiiu. Tlu'i-c ail' aliout, elcvfii .sjictics oL' tlio \i)ii'iis1, and .x'casioiially ^rowinj^ as I'ar noith as Nl'W .Jeiscy and Oliio. 8('\('ial spfcics liavo IjfC'ii ^'-yjioitiid iroiu Missnmi, al- lliouyli'^ rare. \\'liil(! (ii'diiiarily iM)iisi<lirc(l a paia -,il(', siii('(( it always i;ruws ii|ioii sniin 'rcc, till' inislictdc is not strirtly siicii. Its own leaves are capable of Mianular uriiiji;' fooil, and it is nut entiiely depend ?lit u[ion its liost, as is the ease in a •rue parasite. Tlie <dii(d' eontiihut ion • l' the host to its iiriweleonut associat"- -eeins to he watei', witli certain con- :ained salts, and whih' the mistletoe loes not- ilirectly kill the tree uiion \hicli it is nrowin<^, it ot'ten dwarfs and listorts the lii-ane,h to \vhi(di it is at ached, and may i'urnish the oppoitu .ity l"or the admission (d' I'lniL;! \\lii(di dtiinatcdy destroy the tite it-(dl'. Attaching Itself to a Tree. The dist riiiiit ion ol' the mistU'toe is ilniost entiiely hy liirds, the seeds ?ither lieiiii; swallowed wlioli', or, lii' aiis(! of their st i<d<iiiess, ait((| on the ?oanidi n\' :i tree, they be^in to ^erininati' a-- soon as moisture and tem .?eratiire conditions .'ire f;i\ioalile. 'A hen the ro(d lii\e poilioii . .imes in con ?.?ict with the branch, it ilatteii~ mit, ?oriiiinj^ a sio I\er like di^K. Mepi'ndin^ ipon circumstances, there may oi tniiy lot be produced fioin this <tisk duriiiL; 'he lirst a jnoci'ss whi(di penetr;ituriiicf the second year a sin^de pair ol' ''?a\ es may be t'ormed, ;iiid 1 he '' root.'^,'' ?>• ineclianical force .nid the secretion d' a diji'estix'e feinu'nt, continue tci ram- ly the tissues ol the tree ilpoil w|ji(| in late summer or early
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