. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany. Botany; Botany, Economic. PLANTS POISONOUS TO EAT 199 The danger attending the use of tlie herbage of the pokeweed as a pot-herl) has already been noticed. Not infrequently deaths are caused by eating the leaves of poisonous wild plants picked by mistake for the marsh-marigold (Figs. 184,. p"iG. 186.—Indian Poko (Vcratrum viride. Lily Family, Liliacew). L pper and middle section of plant, J. (Chesnut.)—Perennial herb aljout 1-2 m. tall; leaves somewhat hairy; flowers yellowish green; fruit dry. Native home. North America. 185), or other
. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany. Botany; Botany, Economic. PLANTS POISONOUS TO EAT 199 The danger attending the use of tlie herbage of the pokeweed as a pot-herl) has already been noticed. Not infrequently deaths are caused by eating the leaves of poisonous wild plants picked by mistake for the marsh-marigold (Figs. 184,. p"iG. 186.—Indian Poko (Vcratrum viride. Lily Family, Liliacew). L pper and middle section of plant, J. (Chesnut.)—Perennial herb aljout 1-2 m. tall; leaves somewhat hairy; flowers yellowish green; fruit dry. Native home. North America. 185), or other s]>ring "; The plant which has proved most dangerous in this way is the Indian poke (Fig. 18G). Another common herb which has sometimes been eaten for "greens" with fatal results is the jimson-weed (Fig. 187).. 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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