Show L I JIMSON JI SON WEED I C 1 I I II I i Io h V I 1 1 H f i Jr Jrr 1 I r 17 k I Jimson Weed I HARRIET L Ij Tho ability of at ome om planets pl neb to flourish flout ish I under adverse conditions must be the tha outcome of ot ages fibS spent in the effort to harmonize with varied aried environments Such plants are ar vaguely called cuBed merciless war fa t s waged upon them drivon from the field they retreat to tho the roadside if the roadside becomes occupied by y their enemies they the simply vault the fence into de tie deserted and neglected pieces whore where pout noth nothing lug inS else olse can live and peacefully I thors possess pO the tile earth Of ot the getter gener generation of ot weeds tIm the Jimson stands in inthe inthe inthe the front rank No refuse heap hoop Is too mean menn no soft soli too poor for its develop development mont moat anti ami an in a smoky atmos utmos atmosphere photo phere It seems to be at home borne Datura Datum stands in the books as a a native of ot Asia The name caine Jimson or Jamestown weed it acquired I in America The s t tory story tor goes that when I tho the colonists returned to Jamestown after their first abandonment of ot the I settlement they found the ruins of the town tilled filled with thickets of this weed The explanation Is ia that the seeds were in Sn the had been bean brought over as ballast In the early carly botanies the plant plan figured Ciu red as the tue Jimson weed but sinea 9 t l o tor jr has been g W t U it has Ahas become the tho wn weed Th rh rho plant has hu an Individuality Un tier der conditions it is 18 tall sturdy handsome tho the fashion of the caster oil bean taking on a fairly form and spreading its leaves s so o as to obtain tp the full fuk fU boUt both boUtall air all and sunshine at the sm tuna time It its rank runk fetid odor makes it repulsive Tim The flower is large the corolla corollo a five pointed trumpet three to five inches long either white or lavender set In ill Ina illa a long paje p Je gr n calyx The fruit is fa isu fau i ia u a large largo prickly capsule and containing many s sods Since the tho plant la It an annual it Is by byno byno no means difficult of or extermination The Tho botanic name Datum Datura D tula is Dalur is supposed to tu be a corruption of ot tho the In Indian Indian dian diati name ot of the plant Is I from the Greek word vord mad apple significant of or the noxious and ana poisonous properties of ot tho the plant In large doses a 8 of at the leaves or seeds is poisonous in small doses medicinal Three Thre spices of 0 the tho Dho ThornApple are found throughout our northern range They differ in color of at stem vary somewhat in leaf form but the blos bIos blossoms blossoms are similar varying from white to lavender Although h our ou l ThornApple lives lies on garbage heaps and in places lacus u its cousin Datum Datura cornucopia is ox 1 popular in northern s g uJ This Is especially be because Ii I cause Its flowers develop two qi ur thic f trumpets one within an un other oilier like a nest of or Chinese baskets This plant was discovered a few tew years ago In South America by hy an au orchid col collector lector leetor and was soon widely disseminated disseminated It appears with white cream or orla lavender la flowers and blooms from July to October It is evident that the peculiar qu qua il iti s of Datura Datum were known in very cry ancient times A curious story is told that it was the seeds seedof of or ium which the Ule Pythia of Delphi ate in itt order to bring brinS about the condition in which she could impart the will wUl of Apollo Both BOOl seeds and leaves contain a very v ry principle an un alkaloid identical in composition with the active principle of ot l though thought in jn in action considerably stronger The physiological effect of varies with the animal to which It Is given givon Several kinds of caterpillars feed upon the leaves without injury and find goats browse upon it Large doses given to horses have produced drow drowsiness l ness neaR and even death On man ium lum and produce identical results In a n Universal Formulary published in Philadelphia in 1859 1850 no rio less than fourteen different formulae are art given shen for the use of as a n Datura Datul belongs to the lh sometimes called th tir deadly nightshade known n as ast the t e potato family It contains con about 1600 species and Is most abundant In tropical regions Bike the Roman god gotI Janus it is in one om group it is in another deadly The Tho Ih potato tomato and antI pepper represent the tue theone theone one tobacco deadly nightshade and antI henbane represent tho other Our well ve l ll known l own petunia belongs to the family |