. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. 36o MV GARDEN. that the senses of smell and taste afforded no indication of its poisonous qualities. The symptoms which the poison produced were swimming of the head, nausea, vomiting, and prostration. Deep but uneasy sleep followed, and perfect recovery did not take place for ten days or a fortnight. The Ergot of Rye (fig. 83S«), which is produced by another fungus called the Clavicepspurpurea, and which lives upon rye and other grasses, exercises the most terrible eff
. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. 36o MV GARDEN. that the senses of smell and taste afforded no indication of its poisonous qualities. The symptoms which the poison produced were swimming of the head, nausea, vomiting, and prostration. Deep but uneasy sleep followed, and perfect recovery did not take place for ten days or a fortnight. The Ergot of Rye (fig. 83S«), which is produced by another fungus called the Clavicepspurpurea, and which lives upon rye and other grasses, exercises the most terrible effect on the human economy, by producing a disease called ergotism, which has been fully described by Thompson in his Lectures on Inflammation. A surgeon who is a frequent visitor at my garden was continually advocating the use of fungi for food; so when preparing this chapter I took the opportunity of writing to him to ask distinctly whether he had ever partaken of any; and then. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smee, Alfred, 1818-1877. London, Bell and Daldy
Size: 1359px × 1838px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, booksubjectgardening, bookyear18
