Poisonous PlantsText and illustrations introduce the poisonous characteristics of sixty-three common house, garden, woodland, and field plants. |
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... poisoned by eating the berries and leaves . Farm animals have been poisoned by browsing on the bark and roots . However , birds can eat the fruits without harm . Some American Indian tribes used to make a laxative drink by boiling the ...
... poisoned by eating the berries and leaves . Farm animals have been poisoned by browsing on the bark and roots . However , birds can eat the fruits without harm . Some American Indian tribes used to make a laxative drink by boiling the ...
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... poisoned by eating fox- glove , but a number of people have been poisoned by tak- ing an overdose of medicine made from it . Farm animals have been killed by grazing on foxglove plants in a field or eating them in hay . GINGKO GINKGO is ...
... poisoned by eating fox- glove , but a number of people have been poisoned by tak- ing an overdose of medicine made from it . Farm animals have been killed by grazing on foxglove plants in a field or eating them in hay . GINGKO GINKGO is ...
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... eating . Wisteria contains sub- stances that poison the di- gestive system , causing se- vere vomiting and diarrhea . Children have been poisoned by eating wisteria pods or seeds , sometimes badly enough to be put in the hospital . The ...
... eating . Wisteria contains sub- stances that poison the di- gestive system , causing se- vere vomiting and diarrhea . Children have been poisoned by eating wisteria pods or seeds , sometimes badly enough to be put in the hospital . The ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
CrownofThorns See Poinsettia | 14 |
Aconite | 23 |
Copyright | |
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Aconite amaryllis American Asia autumn crocus bark belongs berries black locust Boxwood Buckeye bulb bush Buttercup Caladiums Canada Castor-oil plant cause vomiting chinaberry chokecherries Christmas color contain a poison croton daffodil dangerous deadly nightshade Death camas diarrhea doctor dose drug dumb cane false hellebore Farm animals feet tall Fool's parsley Foxglove fruits garden flowers Greek green grow wild grown hellebore holly horse chestnut house plant Indians intestines Jack-in-the-pulpit Jimson weed killed kinds Lantana Larkspur laurel laxative leaves lily lobelias Locoweed lupines medicine milk sick mistletoe Mushrooms Narcissus narcotic native to Europe nervous system Oleander ornamental pain pods Poinsettia poison hemlock poison ivy Poison sumac poisoned by eating poisonous plants Pokeweed potatoes Privet purple Rhododendron rhubarb roots scientific name seeds settlers sheep shiny shrub skin skunk cabbage sometimes soned species sprout squill Star-of-Bethlehem stems swallowed Sweet pea tobacco trees United victim White snakeroot Wisteria yellow