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also have been known to produce dangerous effects 

 upon children who have swallowed portions of them. 

 Nurses should be cautioned against putting flowers 

 into the hands of infants. 



Poets' Narcissus (N. poeticus). — This species 

 is not wild, but abundantly cultivated both single 

 and double, the latter resembling the flower of 

 Gardenia. Its bulb is said to be more dangerous 

 than that of the Daffodil, being powerfully emetic 

 and irritant. Even the scent is deleterious, if the 

 flowers be in any quantity in a closed room ; as 

 they have produced intense headache and vomiting 

 in some persons. 



Snowdrop {Galayithus nivalis). 



Snowflake {Leucojum cestivuin and vernuni). — 

 These two genera and species are both wild and 

 cultivated. 



Numerous other genera are grown in this country, 

 such as the Guernsey Lily {Nerine Sarniensis)^ a 

 native of South Africa, and many others. As the 

 bulbs of several are known to be poisonous, those 

 of the above British plants must be regarded with 

 suspicion ; though no case is known of any one 

 having been poisoned by them. 



Black Bryony Family {Dioscoreacece). 



Black Bryony {Tamus communis) is our only 

 representative. It is a familiar climbing plant 

 scrambling over hedges, having oval, pointed and 

 very glossy leaves ; small green flowers of which the 



