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Nature has coloured with purple, lined with 
ivory; and to which she has given an odour 
that attracts and intoxicates, but 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. Asa medicine, its leaves have been recently 
recommended for cough and asthma, dried 
and mixed with ordinary or herb tobacco for 
smoking. 
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