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LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
Natiwe has coloured with purple, lined with 
ivory; and to which she has given an odour 
that attracts and intoxicates, hut is so dan¬ 
gerous as to stupify those who inhale it even in 
the open air. The Thorn-apple of Peru is the 
most splendid variety of this species, each flower 
being often two feet in length; and sometimes 
there are one hundred and fifty open at once 
on the tree. 
It is a dangerous plant to be allowed to grow 
where there are children, as the beauty of its 
flowers and fruit is liable to tempt them to 
their destruction; since it possesses so poisonous 
a quality as to produce paralysis and even mad¬ 
ness in those who have inadvertently eaten of 
it. As a medicine, its leaves have been recently 
recommended for cough and asthma, dried 
and mixed with ordinary or herb tobacco for 
smoking. 
