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toe is very much so. The part you eat is the tu¬ 
bers that grow on subterraneous branches. 
“ That deep pink Kalmia is the Lamb-kill, but it 
will not hurt you. I advise you to look at it, for 
just at this season the little filaments which lie back 
in the pouches of the corolla, spring suddenly from 
their hiding places and dash the pollen upon the 
stigma. One use men make of this plant, is to pour 
the liquid they can extract from it upon the head of 
the rattle-snake, which kills him immediately. I 
believe the bite of this snake is very poisonous to 
man ; but he is a beautiful creature. I like to see 
him winding through the grass. Oh, you need not 
be afraid ; there are none in the neighborhood now. 
“ That tall white umbel, the plant with those deli - 4 
cately pinnated leaves, is the Hemlock. I presume 
you know it, for it grows every where. It is very 
useful to man as a medicine, and seems to offer 
