Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-07-30

The majority Of people think that
tie tHlip has no smell. AID this Is true
q great number o. the fashionable
vsriegascd kinds The old self coIored
Sorts. however particularly those Of
deep crimson hue. have a powerful
odor, which Is dangerous when Inhal.
cd. This odor Is 81 saffron favor and
affects many people In a very peculiar
manner. III breathed deeply. Il has
the effect OF producing light beaded
ness. which continues for some time.
causing the sufferer to DO and say all
manner ~ remarkable aud ridiculous
things. Its influence often lasts for an
hour or two and is followed by deep
depression.
Another common flower whose odor
has evil properties Is the poppy. This
il doubtless due to the quantity OF
opium which the blossom contains.
Numbers OF individuals. especially
Young ladies' Of highly strung temper
ament. complain Of the drewsy sensa-
ton which comes after waking
through a field OF these flowers and
afterward of violent headaches and
dissemination 90 move about. In Asia
Minor. where the poppy Is grown In
vast quantities for the purpose OF ex-
tracing she drug. tourists are fire.
Quenily incapacitsted for many hours
after inspecting q poppy plantation
and two cases OF death amonx Eng.
fish tourists were traced 10 the same
cause last year.
All flowers grown from bulbs are
dangerous In rooms where there Is Sd.
ness Although punches OF flowers are
invariably taken as presents TO pa
tents. such blooms as hyacsnths. lilies
OF the valley. tuberoses and even daft
fodils and narcisguses should be care
fully avoided The perfume is as dam
gcrous TO a person in critical state Of
health as dose Of morphia would be.
without possessing the benefits which
that drug sometimes confers.
Perhaps the Inost remarkable effect
which any garden flower has on the
human body is that which follows the
handling Of the particular variety Of
priEnula known as obcouiea. Expo
ricneed gardeners are always careful
10 wear gloves when pottins this
plant. as. should there tie ever such
slight swatch or prick on the hands or
fingers. evil results are almost certain
to follow.
The first noticeable result u slight
itching Of the hands and arms. and this
10 ~ ats
disease which frequently extends TO
the body. u dies away IN the autumn
when the leaves fan. and by Christ.
mas the sufferer is free. but the pri-
mula has by no means finished It's
deadly work. When spring comes again
and the sap rises IN plants and trees.
the dread disease makes its reappear-
anee and continues all through the
summer.
This continues for many years. fire.
quentiy for the whole or the victims
lifetime. and there Is no known rem
edy fer Il, although years Of the most
rigid dieting have in some cases pro-
dneed dlmlngiion IN lis violence
II blood poisoning by the prImula
obconIca does not take this form. II
brings about the s;lll mere dreadful
erysipelas Cases o. poisoning through
eating the berries Of the beiladonna. or
deadly nightshade. are ali too frequent.
but there Is the gravcst danger in eyea
handling this attractive plant.
II is a very common practice ia the
country among parties Of young peo-
PIE TO pick the berries and flick them
az each other with the fingers for
sport. Then. when heated by the fun
and fHxillade. the face is sometimes
rnopped with handkerchief upon
which fingers sticky with the ysice Of
the berries have been wiped
Should but Just little Of this get
into one Of the eyes a fearful calamity
may ensue. Iritis. OF paralysis OF the
iris OF the eye. which invariably re
suits In blindness. has been known TO
come on. and against this dread dis
ease medical skin has as yet proved
uuavailing. This. too. is In face Of the
paradoxieal fact that treatment with
tineture Of belladonna IS the one usual
by adopted In the elementary stages Of
iritis-
The dainty heroine who Is so often
TO be heard Of as Idly piueking TO
pieces the petals OF a flower must be-
ware which blossoms she chooses for
the purpose Lilies. begonsas. rhode
deDdrons and peonles are likely to set
up Testers. with consequent loss Of
finger nails. IL treated In this way
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