THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
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hich the hairs are placed. Mr. 
noticed that — naire — the New Holland 
which are also 
lso 4 deserptons sof Several new 
a 575 
(4 
Os Poisons" Alkred S. Taylor, F.R.S. London, 
ill. 
which in due proportion constitute a part 
vegetable 
d he material structure of v 
or res h 
Mr. the authority of the auth 
5 
uglas stated that 
The eff 
Jation to Medical Jurisprudence and Some of 
Lo 
and animal sativ 
e Poppy. 
th | ve oth dan 1 of that obtained from 
t the seeds of the Necta 
of Plum, and 
the states that “tlie distilled 
f 
silver, yielded 4 
The —— vegetable poisons ong n 
the former class, but they a r known and 
more frequently e 1 for solf-deotruct ction. The 
medi- 
e ( Hyoseyamus niger) and 
the wild and — — (Lactuca vi 
a). A substance called L 
from — latter plants, in 
the way as 
from Its narcotic prope 
pium 
— however, are 
the garden 
eed fear = zoning a E by 
“The species of Solan 9 
e — 
But, of the come Sessa none are 80 
mily of Almond-wor 
(Prunus Lauro-cer 8 and of — Peachy the skin 
e, Aprico various sorts 
of the biter Almond, all 
nd n with 
espe cially 
or condim omp vely fe 
nd-w whee 96 ossess P ahi we but Mr. Taylor 
deu e leaves 
. contains prussie aei The ecies of Acacia 
not mentioned, but por gai is stated apparently on 
of the d Hie 
4.15 grains of cyanide of silve 
e fact, it afferds another proof of the elation that 
een the Almo 
et a 
d ae 
of the 0 
oz, | drons speedily, 
Hemlock (Phellandrium aquaticum), Fool’s 3 
0 Ns Cynapium). Abundant evidence of the + 
edly poisonous nature of these plants 
the author, and to ri br by 
fres sg the memory of the 
arde "or Chronic 
o follow Mr. Taylor further, 5 
Solin without expr essing our co 
viction that this is ‘the best book on which it treats that 
has hitherto been published. 
Ga rden Memorand 
Castle, 
of Por common 
geri was justly celebrated and which re- 
lieved 655 monotony o r by t aes gored 
are giving way a tne Thhsddadodton,” whic 
tinual CAAT adds flowers in early summer; 8 beds 
f Per ul Rosos have been planted, which will keep 
up 15 in autum 
e way by Thiel Mr. Gardiner raised Rhododen- 
and in quantity, was this. He sowed 
the seed in February, placed it on a hotbed, and the 
80 
ed from bright sunligh 
t of 5 nd-worts and the cias+a | high 5 * ee Ne d, and again subjeeted to the same 
the use of these agents for nig purpose of dende prion: n thas been already pointed — pro- } close, w. ment, allowin nem to gradually dry 
ibility ‘the nerves to the effects of pain is duction of gum and tannin by these two divisions: of | off pa HA 4 b ore winter. me treatment 
eet contributions ever made to | the vegetable . — e st one was repeated next spring, and by this means, in abou 
by the have before heard i e poiso geo ye 3 nts w — met from 8 12 ins. high. 
treating of the ve ze ons, M lor | ciple of the Jz atropha. Maniot: h “pale ich Pia aprenian whic ithin ands, is a 
aes ben irio three el * sa . : 5 Cassava and — a acid. He states that | fin * — of Hollies, from 10 to 12 fest in height, 
irritant, gr iie those which pro- | * Prussian blue i — obtained from the fresh juice | which were all removed or brought there from vari 
duce pain, yomiting and —— when re swal. | by the iron test for prussie acid.” If this is really the parts of the grounds i EA the shes of. July and * 
; the second produce drow om Pole some decided | Case, it thro e n the nature of the rey —— Tl balls, and “ puddled in” with 
the functions of the poisonous properties possessed by s the | sand and leaf- 
"i S > fet of “ihe a er tno, . Spu There a many plants nd action on : But it is to the kitchen- garden we wish to direct atten- 
vulsions. Taylo or con- | the system resembles that of prussie acid, and it would | tion. Ext e 2 8 7 us have been : 3 — : 
: — the athe del erhaps be worth inquiry as to whether thei activity | more especially with a view to the fruit · trees to 
Ergee o pico “ot any Kanter physiological pea Re — dead o — 4 substance like oil of bitter | produce better crops in this cold, bad soiled” situa- 
I must be admitted d, however, that the operation of Almonds capable of developing or 3 the ele- . pira ibit fect we let ardiner 
of them b | 
em is ai no means clearly defined. 
convulsions 
ion 
„ have the 
produce 
ts. We Bove that these effects are 
f of e These 
3 3 deem the eee kingdom. 
of 
real advantage we may mention 
ments of 2 5 ssie aci 
The n ponent ee ant e are those which in ad- 
dition heir narcotic action on the brain, exhibit also 
effects u = prag marrow and nerves, as in the 
case poisons are all pe nm 
re'a number mon 3 h pianis, as 
Fange as ech ein Of an 
this gauge without any 
which, 
ioe ane value, 
em a 
wellas foreign plants 
nebo us plants uod der into 
sing is applied. 
in bur pose whatever, either in medicine or 
before ans are ‘cooked at all, or 
have * cooked, The 
Substance exposing animal 
i I ene the process o of de- 
oing on, aud it is the decom- 
it 5 — 
ed t. 
Wer. 
enerated in 
i ants are | prsou nd fatall; igidi 
tment that can be adopted | frequently a W. Hemlock Ciea 
toria ‘ . lor Ater (Cieu 
Parone of going dof Wer Pama C 
to heat may — 
i at to the 
ought to be 4 the sont as an article of com- 
merce. Itis 
„London porter a 
Instances Wi 
This ‘substance is appli 
the arts; and, 
ical police, its importation 
ss (Lolium temulen- 
tum), from its very frequent presenco in corn fields. 
ad 
lds, 
and its co + pe wi „becomes 
a freque 
this plant 
mixed with brea 
1 
poisoning: If the 
den: “hbk often produce fatal effects, yet when 
d it has ce most 
poisonous in its s, it does not to pos 
arid ar but an “al has been band 5 nit having the 
ee Digitalis purpurea), the He bores 
—— “he | mo (05 0 nium — on eee: to 
hough Taylor 
this . Alt Mr. 
— the black Hellebore (Hel 
white He re (Veratrum . he co 
name Hellebore, we sa Ar out the e grent di differen 
the mous effects of rr plan 
than a2 08 renee — their : a a for 
i rowfoo 
whilst one Aiba righ the anig yo — 1 — 
nareotico- 
cation 
Ww. 
be bee a narcotic. 
as 
sometimes been eaten by 3 for Parsley, 9 — there 
been more 
„ 
her forms of Umbellifers which ha 2 
orders her 
conerete of lime an 
| ed. The roo 
eless imported in large quantities, 
garden age I fin 
useful 8 were in a pean 
trees have been 
i| Plums, 
5 en — the t 
jciety. 
2 the Wintel and spring of 1840-41, ‘tio yal 
were all ren 
dräin 
were cut back to the d 
ots. 
covered bet hypnum moss, to et th exces- 
t; and were sy — 4 denden with the 
lled round 
stems eq 
ceeded depend my expecta 
ually e effectual as moss. ese 
tion—some yielding fine ope 
trees, w 
8 
f of feui t the same + jroo and in he a 
luded Apples, Pe 
length — 12 feet high, was 
ared during the summer; thie 
d drained. In 
trained trees, including Peaches, ——- 
were procured, planted in boxes, and 
Ta 
in d ather. 5 no autumn shoots, 
fred an * — of 3 and produced a 
d crop of fi fru ; 
the following ye 
“Tn the — — 1845 the Foreright —— of these 
t back to in 2 of the a" ae 
(te siđe roeng 
process be 
ta: vizon), eal 
(Enanthe erocata), Fine-leaved Water 
— — stem, ai that al 
| the san The trees 
