Show ON om POISON the announcement to la made that the department of agriculture will shortly publish an illustrated report on poisonous plants and with a view to account ing for far many of the mysterious deaths reported every sunnier summer from eating unknown plants or roots there is be ing made original analyses and testa test of supposed suppo eed poisonous plants it la Is stated that hat the experiments ihus far show tuat the he woods the meadows and even the gardens are full of pots unous which people generally have no suspicion of there are listed among the injurious members of the legeta die ble kingdom the common elder when the bark of its rootlets rootless root lets la is milan dateo the blossoms of buttercup except when dry being harmless in me latter eon can many of the laurels and rhodo dandrow den drow the root of the common kidney beao bean the common jimson wood weed the water beilock sul the meadow hemlock these being espe fatal lo in their effects bulbs and flowers of daffodil the dart bark and seeds of the laburnum and worly many others with respect to mony of those cow corn conly grown in the garden the bos ton transcript makes this statement regarding the showing in the anticipated report one to is surprised to learn that many common garden plants are dangerous the leaves and stems ot of the potato have narcotic properties the berries berrimon berri ion of the potato ate aie extremely poisonous the skin of old and sprouted potatoes contains a specific poison known as colao in the young and unripe potatoes which are esteemed such a delicacy in spring by people who can afford to buy anem ign M are poisonous onous raw but cooking makes them harmless the flowers of the jonquil snowdrop and white bya cintha bad the narcissus is par far ticul arly deadly to chew small leors korap of one ot of the bulbs is apt 0 to o be fatafe F while the juice of the leaves is at an emetic the berries of the yew have killed many people sorrel is sometime eaten in salads with distressing results it ii is pretty well known nowadays that thas it is not safe to eat man many y peach pits or cherry kernels at once ii ban tetu well remarked that alter after reading such an arraignment of the common plants plant ons one is IM almust almost afraid to let a little child abild run alone alane into the fields or even anio in i 0 ft a flower garden this of plants and fl flowers weris by modern science includes the he lub lob lisp liar wild parsnips par snips ladys slipper horse chesti ol la in the pulpit p autumn dracup loaves leaves ani flowers ot the oleander r bark of the catalpa oa talpa the monkshood monks boud the foxglove fox gloves and many varieties of the mushroom fortu forta bately most of the plants are not nog cow corn mouly adapted to use in a way that would tie be injurious therefore the dan gra goris attending their heir existence in 10 gar aegis is by no means as great as would appear tram a first blacoe at the ha re port there seems to be one delle lenoy in tb the work however in that mat it does doea oot cot I 1 infirm furm the public of the value of those same plants and herbs asrene as reme dies to in the way of test teas etc for many common COMMOD ills 1118 and thus indicate the benefits of their use by man maa ai as well wall alf a the dangers danger a misuse may involve |