PLANTS POISONOUS TO STOCK. 



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and the pulse grows progressively weaker, until at last it becomes 

 imperceptible. 



MBLANTHACBa; (bTJNCH-FLOWER FA.MILY). 



*Chrosperma muscsetoxicum.— The bulbous portion of the fly poison, 

 or crow poison, an eastern plant, is sometimes eaten by cattle with fatal 



Fig. 75.— False hellebore {Verafrum 

 viride), one-third natural size. 



Fig. 76.— Lily of the valley {Con- 

 vdlhiyia iiiiijiilis), one-third 

 natural size. 



results. The bul])s, when crushed with molasses, are used to stupefy 

 flies. 



*Yeratrura Yiride. — The leaves of the common swamp hellebore 

 (American white hellebore ; false hellebore ; Indian poke) of the eastern 

 and northern portions of the United States have proved fatal to man and 

 tq horses. Sheep eat the young leaves and shoots with apparent relish. 

 The seed is poisonous to chickens. 



Zygadenus venenosus. — The name death camas has been applied 

 to this plant in the North-AYest of America to distinguish it from the 

 true camas {Quamasia quamasJt), which is highly esteemed for food by 



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