. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany . Fig. 199.—Bittersweet {Solanum Dulcamara, Nightshade Family, Solana-cere). a, flowering branch; h, fruiting branch. (Chesnut.)—A some-what woody ^^ne 1-3 m. long; leaves smoothish; flowers violet-purplewith greenish spots; fruit red. Native home, Europe. to eat. In the case of the hemlock, the pokeweed,and the vn\(\ cherry we have already noticed the poisonouscharacter of these parts. It is safe to regard all the plants mentioned as further examples more or lessdangerous in proportion to their attractiveness. That spe
. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany . Fig. 199.—Bittersweet {Solanum Dulcamara, Nightshade Family, Solana-cere). a, flowering branch; h, fruiting branch. (Chesnut.)—A some-what woody ^^ne 1-3 m. long; leaves smoothish; flowers violet-purplewith greenish spots; fruit red. Native home, Europe. to eat. In the case of the hemlock, the pokeweed,and the vn\(\ cherry we have already noticed the poisonouscharacter of these parts. It is safe to regard all the plants mentioned as further examples more or lessdangerous in proportion to their attractiveness. That special 210 MEDKIXAl. AM) POISONOUS PLANTS attractivoiuss, h()\v(>v(M-, is not always a nocossary clcincntof danger in this matter, appears from the following instance*which comes from Xew York. Four children wen* jjlayingin one of the public parks of the city where jimson-weedswere growing luxuriantly. The boys imagined themselvesIndians and roamed about and ate parts of various of them ate the .seeds of the jimson-wcHd. One dicnl. Fig. 200.—Mistletoe •( album, Mistletoe Family, Loranthaccte).Bunches of the plant growing upon a leafless tree in winter. (Ker-ner.)—AVoody parasite, growing on various trees, principally appleand poplars, and attaining a length of 1 ni. or more; leaves evergreen;flowers greenish; fruit a white berry with viscid pulp. Native home,Europe. in a state of wild delirium; another was .saved after heroictreatment; . . the third who ate but fcnv of the seeds w^asbut little affected. This miserable weed has one of the worstrecords among p(M,sonous plants. Many lives are throughpermitting this plant to grow in places frequented by few further examples of poisonous fruits and seeds re-quire mention. The green berries of the white potato, al-though scarcely attractive to most people, have been eaten PLANTS POISONOUS TO EAT 211
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