94 APRIL 



HEEBS continued. 



white Eanunculus amplexi- 



caulis). 

 London Pride, and many other 



kinds of Saxifrage, but not 



the Crassifolia section. 



Lungwort, .... Pulmonaria mollis. 

 Periwinkle, both the large 



and the small. 



Monkshood, . . . Aconitum napellus. 

 Winter Aconite, . . . Eranthis hyemalis. 

 Harebell (many species, espe- 

 cially the Giant Harebell, 



Campanula grandis}. 



Violets, foxgloves, asters (Michaelmas daisies), 

 mulleins, several kinds of geranium, and all terres- 

 trial orchids. 



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 To return to the subject of vegetable poisons 



Vegetable ^ e vastness f tn ^ s ^ e ^ f inquiry may 

 Poisons be realised best by considering some of 

 the commonest phenomena of the hillside and hedge- 

 row. All through the coming summer, plants and 

 trees, stimulated by the sunshine which everybody 

 hopes is in store for us, will be busy drawing 

 material from the soil, the atmosphere, the water, 

 to be worked up in their secret and intricate labora- 



