POISONOUS PLANTS l8l 



Tongue by the brook in early Spring, also carries 

 poison in its berry, leaf, and root. It is harmful 

 to chickens, horses, cattle, and man, certain people 

 being especially prone to gather its young shoots 

 and roots to use as "greens" in Spring a time 

 when all such growths are difficult to identify by 

 the untutored, and are therefore always to be 

 avoided. 



The pretty purple -pink Corncockle, or Rose 

 Campion of old rf^JKU^ gardens, has now 

 become a noxious cJb&J/WvJ wee d> to be up- 

 rooted wherever 

 grain is grown. 

 Though the whole 

 plant contains an irritant 

 poison, the seed does the 

 most mischief when care- 

 lessly mixed with wheat, 

 ground into flour or min- 

 gled in any quantity with 

 other grains or with fod- 

 der. The rough black seed- 

 coverings are easily detected, 

 however, and wheat or rye 

 seed having a sprinkling of 

 them should invariably be rejected. 



