Show Iol hemlock water hemlock is a deadly plant corn mon in most country neighborhoods its roots are eaten often in spring by mistake for bome edible root and death frequently cattle are often poisoned by drinking water in marshes where it grows the poison hemlock from which the greeks made poisons is a near relative to the water hemlock it stands from two to seven feet hiigli and lias clusters of small whito flowers and large pars leaves the stalk being hollow is often made into whistles by country boys and many children are poisoned in this fashion |