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Show - -1 ----- I I iipii Wi ,, iwplttpy W 9 I POISONS IN FAIR BLOSSOMS. WarnlnR to Those Who Sleep In Kootnn , with Flowers or l'lnul. One by one illusions are dispelled, and the cose of thu young woman who the other day was overcome by the perfume of a mast of violets sent her by tit friend adds another wreck to the list of broken idols. It has always been considered the most beautiful compli-meut compli-meut one could pay a fiieud to scud flowers, roses or violets, especially ah a token of nll'eotion. But now that U is known that dendly poisons lurk among these charming little blossoms, which may bring harm to offset the j pleasures .icn to dear ones, theehrrm ' must certainly be lessened. I The story of tJiisyoiuig woman's imr- , row esca'pe, as told, was a surprise to many who had never realized that there was uny danger in flowers. The hundreds hun-dreds of beautiful violetB which had been sent her by a friend in California, and which she prized so highly as not to wish to In parted from them even during the night, came near being the cause of her death, for she was found in an unconscious condition in the morning and was with difficulty oroubed. .,.; f. -IT- How dangerous the poisoned gases wliie.li the tlowers exhale can. become, when in a badly ventilated room, would be a good subjee.t for study by the Indies of society or the stage, who receive so many similar tributes to their charms. Dr. Foyler, of this cit,, who was asked ids opinion on the subject, said that many eases of dangerous illuess and even death from such causes wore well known and authenticated. "The plants, especially flowering ones," Dr. Fowler said, "during theda are not harmful, because they are breathing in just Urn part of the air which our lungs throw off; but at night the process is reversed, and they throw off the carbonie acid gas, which is a poiwin to our lungs. This causes weak ih'ss of the heart, faintness aud hysteria hys-teria with some peoplo, and even death. "A cane is known, which happened not very long ago in Germany, in one of the Besses, where the, friends of a bride and groom, in their desire to start them on their career on a rosy pathway, adorned their room with quantities of f leavers. It wus in cold weather, and the windows were closed, leaving the air heavy with perfumes. The happy couple retired to their rose-dcelced rose-dcelced room, und were found in the morning dead, heart failure hnving resulted re-sulted from the poisouous perfume. "There is poison in the perfume of many flowers, not in violets more than any others, hut it is in such small quantities as to be harmless unless massed and confined. Trussic ncid is found in a mild degree in most jwr-fumes, jwr-fumes, and it is used by many perfumers, per-fumers, in Tact, to intensify odors. lOther well-known, medical poisonb come from flowers. It is never saf'1 to have any growing or cut flowers in a bedroom at night, for you cannot tell when the system may bo in such a condition con-dition as to be affected by their exhalations." ex-halations." N. Y. Herald. . V , |