

Among the Bttnflower family there are -<-vrr.il that produce an 

 itching Bensation, as for example the beggar's tick B 

 I- • fleabai . burdock Art - Lappa l 



the flowers of the common daiaj i I , 



while the Mayweed I 1. will Bometimea Mister the 



skin, in th ling the cockleburs \ - Bp. The an* 



wee as its name indicates, incites Bneezing 



when its powder is inhaled. The corpse plant M 

 1- to be poif his. 



It is not the purpose here to dwell upon the poisonous 



plant products as they are passing through the factory. Thus llax- 



flax poison and jute- workers a rash, hop-pickers a 



diai ■ inflammation of hands, while the grinders of mandrake 



\ ample, find the powder irritatea the face. Hairy plants 



fretpuently annoy the people who handle them, as the mullein Vcr- 



i'ut this is not the Bame as the inflammation that 



. by the ordinary field barley, for when an awn of this is 



drawn the hack of the hand or wrist it may leave a red line 



The nettles are perhaps the hest known of the common plants that 



luce an irritation of the skin. There are at least tin. - in 



the- imely, UrticadioicaL., I * I... Urtica gracilis Ait 



all of which, by means of their sharp hooked hairs, charged with a 



liquid, are able, ii. I with the skin, to produce a Bensation 



•he acute burning of a live coal. Growing near dwelli 

 the- - ..re often a source of much pain and they should he rooted 



The wood nettle Urti I.. [ e ;l 



near relative of the urticas and similar to them in producing the 

 burnin. - >n. 



The very un: feature of the nettles and nettle-like plants 



rt duration that little i of remedies. Alcohol 



and laudanum have both been used with good results upon 

 affected 



S :ne of the toadstools are reported upon good authority a- being 

 somewhat poiso: tally the " death cup " 



and 



' ' mow 



that many plants posses- that are able to pro 



wften l ' ; f juice are brought i tad with the 



skin. 



It is not unusi. 



