AMONG SCHOOL GARDENS 



to be burned, but be rooted up by someone who is not 

 susceptible to the poison. It may also be killed by 

 putting a half-teaspoonful of concentrated sulphuric acid 

 on the stem every two or three weeks during the vigor- 

 ous spring growth. The poisonous oil can be carried 

 on the hands, clothing or towels from the immune to 

 those who are not. Those who have to handle poison 

 ivy should wash their hands several times — and their 

 clothing in strong soapsuds. The common remedy for 

 the poison is sugar of lead dissolved in 50 to 75% alcohol. 

 Pure alcohol will kill it if applied to the first eruption, 

 and if it is not spread by scratching. Various other 

 remedies are often suggested. Light cases will usually 

 cause more or less discomfort for a week or ten days; 

 but ivy poisoning can be a very serious matter. For 

 those who know themselves to be unusually suscepti- 

 ble a daily rubbing especially of hands, neck and 

 face, with a cloth wet with alcohol, may act as an 

 armor against its attacks. To such, a crystal of citric 

 acid, dampened and rubbed over the spots as soon as 

 they appear, and repeated frequently, is a safeguard. 

 Such treatment will usually cure in from twenty-four 

 to forty-eight hours. 



POPULAR NAMES OF COMMON WEEDS 



1. Burdock, cockle button, beggar's buttons, hurr- 

 burr, stick button, hardock and hardane. 



2. Mullein, great mullein, velvet plant, velvet or 

 mullein dock, blanket leaf, flannel leaf, feltwort, old 

 man's flannel, Adam's flannel, Jacob's stafl", Jupiter's 

 stafi", Peter's stafi". Shepherd's club, candlewick, 

 torchwort, torches, hedge taper, lungwort and hare's 

 beard. A stalk has been known to have 60,000 seeds. 



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