27 



it;. Poison oak T A > ■ \ 



17. Poison son 1 "* 



18. Red buckej 



19. Water hemlock L.) 1 



'20. Oregon water hemlot i Greene No 



21. Poison hemlock i L.) ^ 



Broad-leal laurel A I > i '• - 



Narrow-leaf laurt I Yes 



•J -I. < Sreal laurel R L.) Yi 



i L.) 1 

 Branch ivy Walt 



w eed / ' - 1.. Yes 



_ 8 Black oightahadi v L) Yea 



Hitter-- - L.) X 



mi autumnal* L. ) Y 



that we have all of the thirty except the three poisonous 

 larkspurs of the Far-West, the two loco weeds of the Greal Plains, the 

 son oak of the Pacific States, and the Oregon cicuta, not counting 

 the red buckeye that is certainly not abundant with us. 



OBSERVATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS. 



Fatal cases of poisoning are usually among children, and in the 



•.r. when they go into the wood.- and fields with their 



ned for any green thing. There are many succulent 



roots that are harmless and are agreeable when eaten, and it i- often 



through mistaken identity that the injury follows. If, for example. 



id of wild parsnip, conium for sweet cicely. 



or poke roots for artichokes, dire results may follow. In like manner 



distress may come from mistaking kalmia leaves for wintergri 



blue ilag for sweet tlag, or even hellebore i - a pot herb for 



marsh marigold. Again there is sometimes the element of bravery 



that lead- to the partaking of poisonous plants, as when one child 



.er and a false pride leads on possibly to death. 



There:; times the lurking s of the savage in the child. 



and he takes a strange delight in "playing the Indian," particularly 



if hunger lends its impulse. In short, there are many reasons why 



our youth are h -age somewhat indiscriminately upon the soft 



parts of plants, and against them all, the parent and I 



• by advice ai 



