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The majority of fatal cases have probably come from the eating of 

 roots exposed by the excavations of earth where the poisonous plants 

 abound, and it is here that the greatest care needs to be taken. 

 Ditchers in low land where the cicuta, arissema, iris, or veratrum is 

 found or in high ground where the pokeroot may grow, need to warn 

 children of the danger of feeding upon the fresh roots that are tempt- 

 ingly exposed. 



The fruits stand next in order of dangerous parts of plants, and 

 there is no better rule than to abstain from all that are not well 

 known. Otherwise the sickening baneberries may be eaten or the 

 still more poisonous green juicy fruits of the daturas may prove 

 fatal. 



Grown persons are most apt to be poisoned by the toadstools, and 

 it is here repeated that only the kinds that are harmless and well 

 known should be gathered. The poisonous species are too variable 

 in characteristics to permit of taking any chances with them. It is 

 better to limit one's list of edible kinds to a few quickly-recognized 

 species than to extend the number at the risk of one's life. Finally, 

 should a case of poisoning occur let the skilled physician be called 

 at once, as the delay of an hour may result in death. 



