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SUMMER 



deadly nightshade with its green or its red berries; 

 the poison sumach with its loose panicles or clusters 



POISON IVY 



of grayish-white berries; the three-leaved poison ivy 

 or " ground oak " (which you can easily tell from 

 the five-leaved Virginia creeper) ; and the deadly 

 mushrooms with their bulbous roots. These are the 

 poisonous plants that you will meet with most fre- 

 quently, but there are a few others, and it will be 



