. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany. Botany; Botany, Economic. 202 MEDICINAL AND POISONOUS PLANTS Young shoots of the elder (Fig. 183) eaten as a pickle have also proved poisonous. The propensity which children have for chewing vari- ous leaves occasionallj' leads them into danger. A plant which they need to be warned against is the Indian tobacco (Fig. 188) that grows very commonly in pastures and might. 18il.—Mountain Laurel [Kalmia latifolia. Heath Family, Ericacni;). a, flowering branch, ;. 6, flower, [, c, cluster of fruits, i. (Chesnut.)— Shrub 1-12 m. tall; leaves evergre
. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany. Botany; Botany, Economic. 202 MEDICINAL AND POISONOUS PLANTS Young shoots of the elder (Fig. 183) eaten as a pickle have also proved poisonous. The propensity which children have for chewing vari- ous leaves occasionallj' leads them into danger. A plant which they need to be warned against is the Indian tobacco (Fig. 188) that grows very commonly in pastures and might. 18il.—Mountain Laurel [Kalmia latifolia. Heath Family, Ericacni;). a, flowering branch, ;. 6, flower, [, c, cluster of fruits, i. (Chesnut.)— Shrub 1-12 m. tall; leaves evergreen; flowers pink; fruit dry, brownish. Native home. Eastern United States. Fig. 190.—Sheep Laurel (Kalmia anguslifolia, Heath Family-, Ericaccce). Flowering branch. Flower. Fruiting branch. Fruit. (Britton and Brown.)—Shrub ni. tall; leaves evergreen; flowers pur- plish or crimson; fruit dry, brownish. Native home, North America. prove alluring perhaps on account of its common name. Every part of the ])lant is highly poisonous. It has been ex- tensively used in quack medicines and has caused a large number of deaths. Very young i)lants of the mountain laurel (Fig. 189) and the slice]! laurel (Fig. 190) are especially dan-. 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 Sargent, Frederick Leroy, 1863-. New York, H. Holt and Company
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