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eating cherry leaves in this condition. A similar formation 
of prussic acid takes place in the kernels of cherry stones in 
the presence of moisture. It is therefore dangerous to swal- 
low the fruit whole or to eat many of the kernels. Children 
have died from so doing. 
The flowers of poisonous plants are dangerous in two ways: 
(1) by affording a poisonous honey, and (2) by their at- 
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Fic. 194.—Wood-anemony (Anemone nemerosa, Crowfoot Family, Ranun- 
culacee). Plant in flower. Flower, cut vertically. (Bail!on.)—Peren- 
nial herb 7-20 cm. tall; leaves nearly smooth; flowers white or pinkish; 
fruit dry. Native home, Eurasia. The American wood-anemony 
(Anemone quinquefolia) is so like the species above shown as to be 
formerly regarded only as a variety of it differing chiefly in having 
smaller flowers and paler leaves. 
Fic. 195.—Daphne (Daphne Mezereum, Mezereum Family, Thymeleacee). 
A, flowering branch. B, flower, entire. C, same, cut vertically. D, 
fruit, entire. EH, same, cut vertically. (Baillon.)—Shrub 30-90 cm. 
tall; leaves very smooth; flowers rose-purple, fragrant; fruit fleshy, red. 
Native home, Europe. 
