PLANTS POISONOUS TO L]AT 



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Fig. 197, II. — Oleander. Pi.stil. Stamen, outer view. Same, inner view. 

 Pod, opening to shed the seeds. (Baillon.) 



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Fig. 197, III. — Oleander. Seed, entire, enlarged. Same, cut vertically. 

 Floral diagram. (Baillon.) 



tractiveness leading children to chew them or to suck the 

 sweet nectar they contain. Poisonous honey is yielded by 

 the plant known as snow-on-the-mountain (Fig. 191) which 

 is becoming unfortunately common in gardens, and in some 

 regions is a troublesome weed. Where the plant is abundant 



