CHAPTER XIV 



A CATALOGUE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT POISONOUS PLANTS OE THE UNITED STATES 



AND CANADA 



For the purpose of facilitating a study of the poisonous plants of this coun- 

 try a partial catalogue is given here. It is based in part on a catalogue of the 

 poisonous plants of Iowa,* issued by the writer and Estelle D. Fogel (Buchan- 

 an). To further facilitate the study of the poisonous plants the following papers 

 on the subject should be mentioned: 



Chesnuti Chesnut & Wilcox,- Wilcox,3 NeIson,4 0'Gara,5 Kennedy,6 

 Peters Slade & Avery,7 Glover.8 Crawford,9 Heald & Peters.^o White," John- 

 son i-' Bessey -3 Rusby.M Guttenberg.is, Pamni,el,i6 Millspaugh,i7 Coville.xS 

 Peck 19 T U & C G Lloyd.-o Stebler & Schroeter,-' Schaffner,-- R. Schimpfky,-3 

 Winslow^^* Farlow,^^ Maiden,^^ Atkinson," Greshoff,^^ Wilson.^s Cor- 

 nevin,3o Halsted,3J Kobert,32 Crawford,33 and Marsh.34 

 ' ♦Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science. 14:147-172. Contributions, Department of 



^"'^rPriSd^afpolsono^fhinU of 'the United States, Div. Bot. U. S. Dept Agr 20^60, f34. 

 Thirty Poisonous Plants of the United State, U. S. Dept. Agr. farmers Bull. 86:32, f24. Rep. 



^"- ^Thettock Pl^stn°ng"^ants in Montana, Bull. Div. Bot. U. S. Dept. Agr. 26:150, pi. 36. 



3 Rep. Bu. An. Ind. 17:91-121, p. 32. t ^ 1 =; 491 47^ 



4 Feeding Wild Plants to Sheep, Rep. Bu. An. Ind. 15:421-425. 



5 Rep. Nebr. Agr. Expt. Sta. 16:14-84, f. 13. 



6 Bull. Nev. Agr. Expt. Sta. 51-57, pi. 26. ^ ^^ ,, „ ,.t i, a w . Cf, ■77.ifi 



7 Poisoning of Cattle by Common Sorghum and Kafir Corn, Neb. Agr. Expt. Sta. 77.16. 



8 Bull. Col. Agr. Expt. Sta. 113:24, pi. 8. ^ „ ^ r., t j on , t 



9 The Poisonous Action of Johnson Grass, Bull. Bur, PI. Ind. 90, part 4. 



10 Ergot and Ergotism, Press Bull. Nebr. Agr. Expt. Sta. 24, f . 3. _ , „, • 



11 Dermatitis Venenata, An Account of the Action of External Irritants upon the Skin, 



O 1 iC . 1 Q07 



12 A Manual of the Medical Botany of N. Amer. p. 292, pi. 9, f. 160. 



13 Bull. Dept. Bot. 1884. Proc. Soc. Prom. Agr. Sci. 23:35-41. 



14 Poisonous Plants of the Vicinity of New York City, 19.' 



15 Poisonous Plants which Grow in and around Erie, 21 ;25. 



16 Bull. la. Agr. Expt. Sta. 70:423-448. Poisoning from Cowbane, Bull. la. Agr. Expt. 

 Sta. 28:215-225, f. 5. 



17 Medicinal Plants, 1:99, pi. 99. 2:100-180, pi. 180. 



18 Poisonous Mushrooms, Cir. Div. Bot. 13:24. 



19 Edible and Poisonous Fungi of New York, Ann. Rep. State Bot. of State of N. Y. 1896: 

 105-248, pi. 43. Rep. State N. Y. Mus. Nat. Hist. 48. 



20 Drugs and Medicines of N. Amer., Ranunculaceae 1:304, pi. 24, f. 105. 



21 Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Matten und Weiden der Schweiz. I^ndw. Jahrb. d. Schweiz 

 5:141-225, pi. 20, f. 4. 



22 Poisonous and other Injurious Plants of Ohio, Ohio Naturalist 4:16, 32, 69. 



23 Deutschlands Wichtigste Giftgewachse in Wort und Bild nebst eine Abhandlung ueber 

 Pflanzengifte, pi. 27. 



24 Veterinary Materia Medica and Therapeutics, 775. 



25 Some Edible and Poisonous Fungi. Bull. U. S. Dept. Agr. Div. of Veg. Path, and 

 Physiology. 15:453-470. 



26 Plants Reported to be Toisonous to Stock in Australia. N. S. W. Dept. of Aer. Misc. 

 Pub. 477. ' * 



27 Mushrooms; Edible, Poisonous, etc. 322. Ithaca, N. Y. (2nd Ed.). 



^ 28 Phytochemical Investigations at Kew. No. 10, 1909. Monog. de plantis venenatis et 

 sapientibus, etc. Batavia, 19€0. 



29 Oleander Poisoning of Live Stock. Bull. Ariz. Agr. Expt. Sta. 59:381-397. 



;? S,^^ Plantes veneneuses et des empoisonnements qu'elles determinent. 524. Paris, 1893. 



V„ T t P°ifonous Plants of New Jersey. Bull. N. J. Agr. Expt. Sta. 135:28. 



32 Lehrbuch der Intoxikationem. Stuttgart, 1902. 

 201. N? Y^' 1897'"°'°^ *"'' ^''5'^'"='^"^ ^""^ Students. Trans, and ed. by L. H. Friedburg. 

 121:39-48.''°"'°''^ "^"^ "" '°"-*^e<l Investigation. Bull. U. S. Dept. Agr. Bur. PI. Ind. 



34 The Loco-weed Disease. Far. Bull. U. S. Dept. Agr. 380:16. 



