THE TIIORN APPLE 
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Botanical Name, Datura stramonium. —Class, Pentan- 
dria. —Order, Monogynia. — Floioers, white j the whole 
plant has anodyne properties, and is used as sncli in 
pharmacy .—Native place, America. 
.Sentiment. 
I DEEA.M OE THEE. 
ORIGIN OP THE SENTIMENT. 
The medical properties of this plant has, 
doubtless, suggested the sentiment; besides 
having the property of assuaging pain, it acts, 
in some cases, so strongly upon the optic 
nerve of the eye, as to produce temporary 
blindness ; in most cases it therefore inclines 
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