JOURNAL 
The New York Botanical Garden 
Vou. Il. YY Beha so: No. 14. 
POISONOUS PLANTS WHICH GROW WITHIN OUR 
BODIES, AND HOW TO CONTEND 
AGAINST THEM.* 
It has now become a matter of common knowledge that many 
s, 
the power of locomotion, and tra of cili 
They show the same variation in healthfulness and luxuriance, 
according to the special suitability of their growin or 
g medium 
environment, that other plants do in regard to their soil, climate 
and exposure 
_ Abstract of a public lecture delivered at the New York Botanical Garden, No- 
vember 10, 1900. 
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