POlSONors PLANTS 



ST79 



Hemlock 



to tell you that 



the heart no longer 



heats, all is over. 



"Hemlock is still 

 more dangerous. Its 

 finely-divided len 

 resemble those of 

 chervil and parsley. 

 This resemblance has 

 often occasioned fa- 

 tal mistakes, all the 

 easier, because the 

 formidable plant 

 izrows iii the hedges 

 of enclosures and 

 even in our gardens. 

 A plain enough characteristic, however, enables 

 us to distinguish the poisonous weed from the 

 two pot-herds that resemble it: that is the odor. 

 Huh thai tuft of hemlock in your hands, Simon, and 

 smell" 



"Ouf I" said Simon, "that smells very bad; pars- 

 ley and chervil have not that horrid odor. When 

 ifl warned, no mistake can be made, in my opin- 

 ion. " 



"Yes, when one is warned; but those who are not 

 take no account of the smell and mistake hemlock 

 for parsley or chervil. It is in order to he warned 

 that you are listening to me this even it 



"You are doing us a great service, Main. 

 Paul," said .lean, "by putting us on our guard 



