Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-20
|DroOMs THAT P0lsUo.
.ooes OF FLOWERS THAT ARE HARM
oD0 FuL TO HEALTH.

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r n",r naaauee Lis,'t Tenderness
a, mn iority of people think that
Inc .,:1 I hos no smell, and this is true
fne '"~p areat number of the Fashionable
,,aariesated ,a kinds. The old SELF eolored
'all IN however particularly those OF Il
soi.9' ,.a crimson hue, have powerful
aeep which is dangerous when inhal-
QUIZ o,,is odor is of saffron flavor and
ea ito many people in very peculiar
manner. If breathed deeply, it has
oeaet of producing light headed
'.s hoss which continues for some TIM"
using the sufferer to do and say all
"anner of remarkable and ridiculous
.,;nos It's influence often lasts for an
.aur or two ;.nd is followed by deep
depression.
Another cAinmon flower whose oder
has evil properties is the poppy. This
T. doubtless due to the quantity Of
onium which the blossom contains.
Numbers of individuals, especially
Toupc ladies' Of highly strung temper
ament, complain of the drowsy scHsa-
ton wn;e.. comes after walking
through g field of these flowers and
afterWard Of violent headaches and d
disinclinaton to move about. In Asia
Minor, where the poppy is grown ia
vast quantities for the purpose of OK
tracting the drug. tourists are fire
|ouently incapacitated for many hours
after inspecting a poppy plantation
and two eases of death among Eng
lish tourists were traced to the same
cause last year.
All flowers grown from bulbs are
dangerous in rooms where there is i'll
ness. Although bunches of flowers are
Invariably taken as presents to pa
tients, such blooms as hyacinths, lilies
bf the valley. tuberoses and even daft
fodis and narcissuses should be care
FULLY avoided. The perfume is as dan
kerous to a person in a critical state Of
health as dose Of morpha would be,
Without possessing the benefits which
that drug sometimes confers.
Perhaps the most remarkable effect
which any garden flower has on the
human body is that which follows the
handling Of the particular variety Of
Drimula known as obconica. EXpe
$ienced gardeners are always careful
% wear gloves when potting this
liant, as, should there be ever such a
light scratch or prick on the hands or
ngers, evil results are almost certain
10 follow.
The first noticeable result is a slight
Eching of the hands and arms, and this
precedes the breaking out Of a skin
disease which frequently extends to
Ehe body. 1t dies away in the autumn
when the leaves fall, and by Christ
has the sufferer is free, but the pri
hula has by no means finished its
Peadly work. When spring comes again
Ind the sap rises in plants and trees,
The dread disease makes its reappear
lnce and continues all through the
hummer.
This continues for many years, fire.
huently for the whole Of the victims
lifetime, and there is no known rem
Edy for it, although years of the most
eigid dieting have in some cases pro
6uced a diminution in it's violence.
If blood poisoning by the primula
bbconica does not take this form, it
brings about the still more dreadful
erysipelas. Cases Of poisoning through
batting the berries Of the belladonna, or
6eadly nightshade, are all too frequent,
&C. do,
handling this attractive plant.
1t is very common practice in the
country among parties of young peo-
pie to pick the berries and flick them
|at each other with the fingers for
sport. Then, when heated by the fun
and fusillade, the face is sometimes
|mopped with a handkerchief upon
(which fingers sticky with the juice of
|the berries have been wiped.
Should but just little Of this get
into one of the eyes fearful calamity
may ensue. Iritis, or paralysis of the
Eiris Of the eye, which invariably re-
|sults in blindness, has been known to
come on, and against this dread dis
ease medical skill has as yet proved
|unavailing. This, too, is in face of the
paradoxical fact that treatment with
tincture of belladonna is the one usual
~ adopted in the elementary stages Of
iritis.
The dainty heroine who is so often
to be heard of as idly plucking to
pieces the petals of a flower must be-
ware which blossoms she chooses for
the purpose. Lilies, begonias, rhodo
dendrons and peonies are likely to set
up testers, with consequent loss Of
nnger nails if treated in this way
london Answers.