Telegram-herald., 1890-07-14
POISON IVY AND sumAcH.
Useful Information Concerning the Dan
gers That Lurk in Thickets.

Useful Information Concerning the Dan
gers THAT Lurk in Thickets.
There need be DO trouble 10 Identifying
the poison ivy 10 any Ct its forms The
hairy trunk win often serve "a. but there
arr two other features which are of much
rnCrV value FIRST let as remom Der ihat
its leaves arc always RrouYed IN thTeos
whatever the outlines Of their more OT icss
way margins. fn some sections the plant
81 always called the three leeged ivy"
And this naturally leads me q q consider
alton Of that other vine with similar hab-
its which j. commonly known in The same
localities as the "Gve leayed ivy" This b.
leaf Of the fmpelopsis QuiDcuefolla
lQuinquololia-fiv leaves. also called Air-
c1nla creeper and woodbine Joo1 ~ tie
leaf and lz is form ga your mind. This
is one of our Inost beautiful native climb
es j H. allied 20 the grapevine. Is per
fcctly hcrmloss. and IL the one plant that
has to suffer FROM svHpicion, being ofton
destroyed uD5sr the impression thai "a Is
tkG poison ivy.
The writer knew ~ q perron who pos
sesse1 q bosutiful home upon the Hudson.
AID Va hose dcdCioncy ga knowing 4 this
one Ltlie pace q botany cost han s severe
Jess His children were suddenly pros
iilted with ivy poisoning. and one q bis
ninth b0ur neighbors caase jn % o1er
him some learned advice. Something in
this style
well. squire. it's fetched 'eTn ct last
I've been telllu Betsy al along thst tbe
peszy stuff would keich ye srter q while.
well. thar. goodness and t~ufli 7 us and
time agin', when I've been goin by the
gate an roen them air children piasin in
the summer house yen1cr. its fos,is me
feol 'tarnsl tirkiish. e. I've sec trns and
aliB. an' tclc Betsy - few that Ia bet
10y bost g5ohlsr theT'3 ~ broke cut afare
. reek sn nov they've done if an II You
take ny advice you 3 Gus the pcsky weed
down and burn ia afore the luil 0n 80 IS
ketche6 That air weed b. r.zfn shUfsaFs,
AZ n'll uigh On o. kiii some folks
Such advice. coming from p prnrfical
farmer in whom The squire ha8 perfect
confidence. was Immediately acted upon.
The vines whirh had emhovered tiie beag-
tifu sytor foT generation were ssvsd N
81 thc ground Ard - think that peep
into the botany might have sawed fheff
-Four things nee5 - ie oenlraif.ed -
memoir 70 insure ssfety against oUr poison
sumacls
Eirsf-TThs three lsavsd ivy is dangerous
Sec1n6- The fFe lesvea is HARMLESS
Third-Tns poisgn sunlacbs have vhits
berries
Tgurth-Eo rsa bs-ried surnsci is pat
sOu0ns.
Both ihe poisor ivE snI fhs poison ss-
uach. though unlike in arfssafaBce cf foli-
aRe bare .Eiiaf ~hlle berries growing n
snoa8. SLENDER clusters fren ihs axis -
fbe lssves AZ ail other rufuscBF ft.e beT-
I rfes ore red arsf ln cifee bunches 81 she ends
. % the frsurhes sHd fsr from be,Do dem
eero8s. ri-li frosty looking acia which
f s. rnast agreeable ~ flie tasts lfIs who e.
sanas wftAsL Hitt thess Simple preeerts
Gxed iu the mind fo one nerd fear -
+ dangers - fbe tliat1str Nor h=s1 rfa~
cus raseaf the hszordOas export - t17o
yaune la< - whom kngr. nnt ~ whom
o. y-xulftt-e ~ rfurc-s eseersfi9r fn
sounfrg fovn breTivsi flsf srzns fuE - ne
ec&sier sutuun freneles 0f ffie rengfacus
sernach. wbue e.. csiser oBes senf tbs
vrste- . FssliF fesrtifui rrgsr - os-efaiiy
s~raEsesd r1re Grssses afe fao~se- rsuer-
onfI1 decsss vita tne waite t.e-ri-s ~ tls
poisa- fvg Fiofh - thsss rast rnn.1sus
fTiere pad shE Severe penaltT af fae.f
f.-sasssel inroe-.es WiiHau Barn iton
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