g 



The danger with this plant, as with Dearly all ol its rhis-. Lb In the 



eating ol its roots by children, who most frequently find them 



I near some excavation. The root itself is quite different in 



Structure from those of most poisonous plants in having the tiflfi 



arranged in circles like those of the beel root Tortious of the poke 



root plant are shown in Figure 5 I Plate 111. 1 The small flowers are 



darly arranged in long pendent clusters, followed by the berries. 



The concentric rings in the root are seen in the section shown at the 

 riizht and lower corner of the figure. 



—The lobelias, of which we have three, are all more or 



as. The cardinal Bower I /. ordmalis L is the 



ospicuous on account of its tall spike of red flowers, while 



the large lol I., has handsome blue blossoms. 



th grow in low ground and flower in late summer. The Indian 



mmon in New Jersey, and yields an 

 irritant narcotic poison. The stomach-pump should be used, and 

 strychnine is sometimes administered hypodermieally, by the skilled 

 physician. 



//•"-■' - - - have heen known of young plants of 



Ait. (considered elsewhere i being used for gn 

 with sad results. The rule should he observed of including nothing 

 as pot herhs tha: I well known. The roots are quite poisonous. 



-The bouncing bet (Sapont Inalis L.), a 



commo: - a poisonous principle, saponin, similar to 



its cousin, the corn-cockle, mentioned particularly under the head 

 of " Plants Poisonous to hive Stock." 



Poisonous Fruits, Seeds and Flowers. 



-The attractive berries of the hitter-sweet, hlack nightshade, 

 buckthorn, poke, baneberry, leather-wood, yew, juniper, red elder- 

 berry, privet. English ivy. wahoo and daphne are to he avoided. It 

 - --.-en from this list that it : Fe for persons to eat the fruit- of 



pla: riminately, hut instead they should refrain from them, 



no matter how ut • to the ej a to be harm] 



In like manner, the large green capsules of the thornapples are 

 e eaten, and the same is true of the pods of the coffee trei 

 3us] rest upon the fruits of bella- 



na, henbane, variou- 1 goosen 



Some seeds are pou the thorna] 



mentioned under "Fruiti ewhere, and 



castor-oil plant ted for ornami 



seeds of which are large ai. ly marked and 



