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the thorax; violent spasmodic pains, with paralytic feeling, especially 

 in the left arm, weariness of the limbs, with cramps in the gastrocnemi; 

 and sensation of chill and fever. Death is usually preceded by insensi- 

 bility and convulsions." 



REMEDY AND MEANS OF CONTROL: Professional advice should be 

 obtained immediately. 



Being an annual plant, Indian tobacco may be readily destroyed by 

 hand-pulling or grubbing out wherever it is found in small patches. On 

 larger areas, enriching the soil and cultivation will in time choke it out. 



OTHER SPECIES OF LOBELIA. 



The great lobelia (Lobelia syphilitica L.) is suspected of being poisonous. 

 It is native to Ontario, and is found in low grounds. 



According to Pammel, the cardinal flower (L.cardinalis L.) found in low 

 grounds in New Brunswick to Ontario, and the spiked lobelia (L. spicata 

 Lam.) another native found in gravelly or sandy soil, from Prince Edward 

 Island to Ontario, have been reported as poisonous. 



