MONKSHOOD. 



-Aconitum napcllus. 



T may be well at times to figure 

 and describe familiar flowers 

 that should be rendered un- 

 familiar. The truly handsome 

 and very individual monlcshood 

 of the cottage garden is of 

 so poisonous a nature, and has 

 actually killed so many good 

 people, that we should be 

 wanting in duty to our readers 

 did we not advise the rooting 

 out of this grand herbaceous 

 plant, and its consignment to 

 the rubbish-heap as a plant 

 that will surely offend if it 

 obtains the opportunity. We 

 distinctly remember several 

 instances of poisoning by the 

 substitution of its fleshy roots 

 for horse-radish. We confess we "don't know how'''' any one 

 who has ever tasted horse-radish could eat the root of this 

 dangerous plant in place of it, however nicely it might be 

 scraped and dished ; but the fact remains and the warning 



