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E. marginata and E. bicolor furnish a milky juice which has 

 been used to brand cattle, as it deters the screw-fly from infesting 

 the raw sore. The euphorbia render poisonous water into which 

 it may be thrown. 



Treatment consists in favoring elimination by emesis, and 

 abundant mucilaginous and demulcent agents. 



SPURGE NETTIE. 



Iatropha stimulosa, the spurge nettle of the southern states 

 proves very poisonous. Stock avoid it on account of its stinging 

 hairs. 



POISONING BY BOX LEAVES. 



The leaves of buxus sempervirens, used as a border in gardens, 

 contains an acrid principle. After eating ij^ lb. a horse had 

 colic, tympany and enteritis. After death the lesions of gastro- 

 enteritis were found (Weiss). Treatment would be by stomach 

 pump, laxatives, demulcents and anodynes. 



STAFF- VINE. 



Celastrus Scandens, or climbing bittersweet, proved poisonous 

 to a horse that ate its leaves. 



HORSE CHESTNUT. 



ALsculus hippocastanum, JQ. Californica, and 2E,. pavia are 

 claimed to be poisonous to stock. The nuts are robbed of their 

 bitterness and rendered wholesome by steeping in an alkaline 

 solution and boiling. 



POISONING BY DAFFODILS. (NARCISSUS POETICUS, 

 AND NARCISSUS PSEUDO NARCISSUS). 



These common denizens of gardens produce intense gastro- 

 enteritis, profuse diarrhoea, spasms, stupor and weakness. Treat- 

 ment will not differ materially from that advised in box poisoning. 



