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feed upon it with impunity, but the bitter principle in milk and meat 
sometimes met with in the Southern States is quite generally sup¬ 
posed to be due to these plants.” 
In the mountainous districts of Colorado, bitter milk and meat 
are not uncorrtmon, and it can no doubt be safely attributed in many 
instances to the eating of this plant. Severe poisoning may result 
from eating large quantities of the plant. 
SAGE (Artemisia) 
There are many different kinds of sages growing in the state. 
Rydberg’s “Flora of Colorado” gives 39. A number of these are 
rare. The “sage brush” (Artemisia tridentata) of Colorado is a 
shrub 2 to 12 feet high with silvery leaves that have three character¬ 
istic teeth or lobes at the tip. The common low silvery herbaceous 
sage throughout the state from low to high altitudes is Artemisia 
frigida. The foliage of this is very finely divided. 
Poisoning by sage .—Western stockmen testify to the poisonous 
qualities of sage, and animals that have become affected by it are 
