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A. i^olifoHa are poisonous. He refers to a case where four 

 ewes and a lamb which had strayed into a garden near 

 Kendal were poisoned through eating A. fiorihitnda. They 

 showed signs of abdominal pain, accompanied with great 

 dithculty in swallowing. The sheep were ill from twelve 

 to fifteen hours, and only one ewe recovered. 



Dr. ]\IacDougall remarks : " That at home, owners of stock 

 have always been suspicious of Ehododendrons, while, where 

 they are native, their dangerous qualities when the plants 

 are used as food have long been recognised. So too with 

 the Andromeda." He gives a list of plants of the natural 

 order Ericaceoi; proved to contain andromedotoxin, and, as it 

 differs in some respects from the list given by Mr. 

 IJutherford Hill, I may be allowed to give it : — 



"Andromeda Japonica. — Leaves aud wood, 



A. POLIFOLIA. — Leaves and young twigs. 



A. Catesboli. 



A. calyculata. — Leaves and young twigs. 



Pieris formosa. 



P. ovalifolia. — The 'late Dr. Cleghoru writes of this plant being 

 well known to the shepherds of the Himalayas, where 

 goats browsing on its young leaves have been poisoned. 

 Its Indian nanu; of blood-killer is interesting, as is also the 

 observation that its leaves used as a litter act as an 

 insecticide in the cattle stalls. Its honey also is poison- 

 ous. 



Kalinia latifolia and K. angustifolia, 'the latter known popularly 

 as lamb-kill.' 



Khododendron ponticuni. — Sheep have been known to die the day 

 after eating its leaves. Its honey is also poisonous. 



R. Falconeri. 



K. gran<le. 



K. barbatum, 



J^. fulgus. 



R. punicum. 



R. chrysanthuni. 



R. hybrid uni. 



R. inaxinuun. — Leaves and flowers. 



R. cinnabarinum. — Its leaves are poisonous, and if the plant be 

 burned the eyes smart and the face swells. 



Azalea Indica. — Leaves and flowers. 



Monotropa unifiora. — Paj'asitic on the i-oots of other plants. 

 Entire plant poisonous. 



" Other plants of the order which, as far as I have been 



able to find out, have not yet been investigated, but are 



known practically as dangerous plants are — 



"Andromeda Mariana. — The stagger-bush. 

 Rhododendron arboricum. — This poisonous rhododendron is a 

 native of India, but has been grown in the Edinburgh 

 lioyal Rotanic Garden. 7\ccording to Watt, the natives 



