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THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. 



DEADLY NIGHTSHADE (Atropa Belladonna). 



The Deadly Nightshade is also 

 called Belladonna. Both leaves 

 and berries are a deadly poison. 

 The berries have been mis- 

 taken for black currants by 

 children, as they much re- 

 semble them. There are several 

 species, of which the Solanum 

 nigrum, or Common Night- 

 shade, very much resembles 

 the " Deadly." 



Deadly Nightshade. 



WOODY NIGHTSHADE (Solanum Dulcamara). 



This plant, also called Bitter- 

 sweet, from its taste, produces 

 the bright red berries so often 

 seen in hedges, and which from 

 their pretty appearance fre- 

 quently tempt children to eat 

 them. They are poisonous, but 

 not so much so as the twigs of 

 the plant, which are very acrid 

 and narcotic. 



Y/cody Nightshade 



