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  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
  277 
  

  

  Poisoning 
  by 
  Euphorbia 
  marginata. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  notes 
  already 
  published 
  on 
  this 
  plant 
  in 
  the 
  Ga- 
  

   zette, 
  page 
  225, 
  1887; 
  I 
  can 
  now 
  add 
  the 
  following 
  : 
  It 
  is 
  annually 
  becom- 
  

   ing 
  more 
  abundant, 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  a 
  common 
  weed 
  about 
  the 
  streets 
  of 
  Mt. 
  

   Urmel. 
  For 
  several 
  years 
  I 
  had 
  been 
  seeing, 
  as 
  I 
  thought, 
  an 
  unusually 
  

   large 
  number 
  of 
  cases 
  of 
  '' 
  ivy 
  poisoning." 
  

  

  It 
  so 
  happened 
  that 
  in 
  handling 
  some 
  fresh 
  plants 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  I 
  

   accidentally 
  rubbed 
  a 
  considerable 
  quantity 
  of 
  the 
  milky 
  juice 
  on 
  my 
  

   neck 
  and 
  under 
  the 
  collar. 
  This 
  produced 
  a 
  decided 
  burning 
  sensation 
  

   Quring 
  the 
  afternoon, 
  and 
  the 
  next 
  morning 
  I 
  found 
  the 
  skin, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  

   ''^^J^ice 
  had 
  gone, 
  red 
  and 
  thickly 
  studded 
  with 
  a 
  pimply 
  eruption, 
  

   which 
  subsided 
  in 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  several 
  days 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  a 
  lotion 
  of 
  

   sugar 
  of 
  lead 
  and 
  laudanum. 
  I 
  then 
  suspected 
  that 
  here 
  was 
  an 
  explana- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  my 
  frequent 
  cases 
  of 
  ivy 
  poisonins:, 
  and 
  further 
  observation 
  has 
  

   proved 
  this 
  to 
  be 
  true. 
  

  

  ih 
  .-^^^S^^^y 
  appearance 
  makes 
  this 
  plant 
  very 
  attractive; 
  Children 
  in 
  

   tneir 
  plays, 
  and 
  others 
  in 
  collecting 
  bouquets, 
  pluck 
  and 
  handle 
  it 
  fre- 
  

   quently. 
  In 
  many 
  persons 
  the 
  juice 
  produces 
  a 
  severe 
  irritation 
  of 
  the 
  

   f^in, 
  resulting 
  in 
  a 
  thick 
  fine 
  eruption 
  of 
  a 
  purplish-red 
  color, 
  present- 
  

   ing 
  very 
  nearly 
  the 
  same 
  appearance 
  as 
  a 
  case 
  of 
  poisoning 
  by 
  Rhus 
  

   toxicodendron, 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  eruption 
  is 
  a 
  httle 
  finer 
  in 
  the 
  former, 
  

   i 
  Have 
  seen 
  a 
  few 
  cases, 
  in 
  children 
  with 
  unusually 
  delicate 
  skin, 
  where 
  

   ^ae 
  epidermis 
  was 
  raised, 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  surface, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  juice 
  had 
  

   gone, 
  was 
  blistered. 
  There 
  is 
  usually 
  much 
  complaint 
  of 
  a 
  burning 
  sen- 
  

   sation 
  in 
  the 
  parts 
  affected. 
  

   ^^t. 
  Camel, 
  III 
  Jacob 
  Schneck. 
  

  

  NOTES 
  AND 
  NEWS 
  

  

  Germany 
  has 
  now 
  nine 
  schools 
  of 
  forestry. 
  

   .1 
  ^^- 
  F. 
  W. 
  Anderson 
  has 
  accepted 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  assistant 
  editor 
  of 
  

   tne 
  American 
  Agriculturist. 
  

  

  oiAfl 
  ^1% 
  '^' 
  ®- 
  ^^^ER, 
  in 
  Jouriial 
  0/ 
  Botany 
  (Sept), 
  describes 
  18 
  new 
  spe- 
  

   ^^ 
  ot 
  lonquin 
  ferns, 
  collected 
  by 
  M, 
  B. 
  Balansa. 
  

  

  The 
  shoots 
  of 
  a 
  Bamboo 
  in 
  the 
  Peradenya 
  Botanic 
  Garden, 
  Ceylon, 
  

  

  ^ 
  reported 
  to 
  have 
  grown 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  13 
  i 
  ches 
  in 
  24 
  hours 
  m 
  April. 
  

  

  \o^] 
  "^^^^ 
  ^/<^hardand 
  Garden 
  for 
  Auffust 
  contains 
  a 
  portrait 
  and 
  biograph- 
  

  

  tnr.i"^^^'^^' 
  ^f 
  Professor 
  F. 
  Lamson-Scribner, 
  Director 
  of 
  tlie 
  Agricul- 
  

  

  «raiii,xperiment 
  Station 
  of 
  Tennessee. 
  

  

  twn 
  ?' 
  ^^' 
  -Dewey, 
  a 
  graduate 
  of 
  Michigan 
  Agricultural 
  College, 
  and 
  for 
  

   sist 
  Jf^^® 
  o«e 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Bears 
  assistants, 
  has 
  been 
  appointed 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  as- 
  

  

  ™ 
  in 
  the 
  Botanical 
  Division 
  of 
  the 
  Agricultural 
  Department, 
  

   ileyi!^* 
  ^^^^ 
  ^- 
  HartiMann, 
  of 
  Sweden, 
  is 
  the 
  botanist 
  of 
  the 
  Lumholtz 
  

   30th 
  a^^ 
  u^P^^^^^g 
  Expedition, 
  which 
  started 
  from 
  Arizona 
  on 
  August 
  

  

  "^ana 
  hopes 
  to 
  return 
  in 
  the 
  autumn 
  of 
  1892.— 
  Gardra 
  and 
  Forest. 
  

   It 
  i 
  w 
  /f^^r^^ 
  s^^^^« 
  to 
  be 
  sustaining 
  its 
  reputation 
  as 
  a 
  *^fever-tree-» 
  

   now 
  1^ 
  ^^ 
  ^^^^ 
  "^^cle 
  the 
  Pontine 
  marshes 
  of 
  Italy 
  habitable, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  

   tropicy^f 
  ?^ 
  to 
  cultivate 
  it 
  on 
  a 
  large 
  scale 
  in 
  the 
  malarious 
  parts 
  of 
  

  

  Mlelhl^- 
  ^^^^^^ 
  recently 
  illustrated 
  in 
  Garden 
  and 
  

   ^^ptSTr^ 
  Porter 
  (Sept. 
  3), 
  a 
  monstrous 
  form 
  of 
  

  

  Forest 
  

  

  Rosa 
  

  

  1) 
  

  

  