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Show I . . Mistletoe Is Dangerous. Few ' people who know mistletoe only as a desirable feature of Christmas Christ-mas decorations understand that the plant is a parasite dangerous to the life of trees in the regions In which it grows. It is only a question of time, after mistletoe once begins to grow upon a tree before the tree Itself It-self will be killed. The parasite saps the life of the infected branches. Fortunately, For-tunately, It is of slow growth, taking years to develop to large proportions, but when neglected, it invariably ruins all trees it reaches. |