. The American entomologist and botanist. olematter so plain lliat everybody can detect andavoid the vile thing which is making me somuch trouble. These were some of my mid-night thoughts, as I feverishly turned in bedwhile suflering from its eflccts. Water, satu-rated with salt, was my only remedy. Thepoison was followed by two generous crops ofboils, about fifty in number, lasting for over two weeks. Now I can only look at the plant witha sort of subdued feeling, as though it weremore than a match for me. Look out for lilaistoxicodendron, which trails in the sand, oramong the bushes, or lurk
. The American entomologist and botanist. olematter so plain lliat everybody can detect andavoid the vile thing which is making me somuch trouble. These were some of my mid-night thoughts, as I feverishly turned in bedwhile suflering from its eflccts. Water, satu-rated with salt, was my only remedy. Thepoison was followed by two generous crops ofboils, about fifty in number, lasting for over two weeks. Now I can only look at the plant witha sort of subdued feeling, as though it weremore than a match for me. Look out for lilaistoxicodendron, which trails in the sand, oramong the bushes, or lurks in the grass like atreacherous serpent! To touch it means a faceswollen to blindness, great irritation, itching,and smarting and burning of the parts Ivy, or Poison Oak, is a humbleshrubby vine, with light-green leaves and clus-ters of greenish flowers looking something likethe flowers of the grape vine. The leaves arecompound, consisting of three leaflets, the sizeand shape of which are shown by Figure 178, [Fig. 178 ]. Poison Ivy (Rhus tOd:u-odciHlron, L.) which illustrates the veins of the underside. Itbelongs to the Sumach family, a group of plantswhich has rather a bad reputation, on accountof several poisonous species it contains. To some people it is harmless, even when thesap is rubbed on the skin, while others are sureto be affected even by touching the naked stemsand buds. I have known instances in whichsome members of the same family were easilypoisoned while others were not at all do we not get vaccinated, as it were, andnever get poisoned a second time? Do ourentomological friends find any insects that cancat the leaves? The plant most likely to be mistaken forpoison Ivy is— 286 THE AMERICAN The Virginia Creeper, {Ampelopsis quinquefolia, Michx.)Both are woody vines, and moi-e or less orna-mental in autumn. The Virginia Creeperbelongs to the Grape, or Vine family ( Vitaceai),bears blue berries like grapes, and hangs on bytendrils.
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