The citizen., 1902-06-20
LOOMS THAT POISON
-,pe OF FLOWERS THAT ARE HARM
Full TO HEALTH.

-. of the Poppy, as IL Coht"""
and Induces DrOwsiness.
THAT Are Dangerous ana
.,uce Light Headedness.
a majority of people think that
t,,lin has no smell, and this is true
r's.1 ,,,aat number of the fashionable
goted kinds. The old self colored
[ however particularly those OF
FL crimson hue, have powerful
f- which is dangerous when inhal-
r,,is odor is of saffron flavor and
~.ets many people in a very peculiar
nor If breathed deeply, 1t has
-zz effect of producing light headed
,,hich continues for some time,
Ina, the sufferer to do and say all
W NOR Of remarkable and ridiculous
|'-ge It's influence often lasts for an
I... or two and is followed by deep
depr ression.
|..s OWL properties is the poppy. This
|,- i onhtless due to the quantity of
.t,,,n which the blossom contains.
|,'.sD sDbers of individuals, especially
..,pr ladies of highly strung temper
IND complain of the drowsy sensa-
|,;c, which comes after walking
ouoh a field of these flowers and
"A f+ervgrd of violent headaches and
|dIzIpcIination to move about. In Asia
|.{;oor. where the poppy is grown in
Ia quantities for the purpose of ex-
|t,.etinc the drug. tourists are fire.
|,,nsntly incapacitated for many hours
|affer inspecting a poppy plantation.
|ona two cases of death among Eng
|,;.b tourists were traced to the same
|eause last year.
An flowers grown from bulbs are
lam Dgerous in rooms where there is i'll
|n14s Although lunches of flowers are
I,ntbriably taken as presents to pa
Itents. such blooms as hyacinths. lilies
III HE valley, tuberoses and even daf-
ifodils and narcissuses should be care
Ifuny avoided The perfume is as dam
ccrous to a person in Il critical state of
Ih1alth as a dose of mOrphia would be,
|ujtlout possessing the benefits which
fhat drug sometimes confers.
/ Perhaps the most remarkable effect
Iuhich any garden flower has on the
Human body is that which follows the
Ihabdling Of the particular variety of
Inrinula known as obconica. EXpe-
|rienced gardeners are always careful
Ito wear gloves when potting this
|nlant. as. should there be ever such
Islicht scratch or prick on the hands or
|ihcers. evil results are almost certain
TO follow.
Tie first noticeable result is a slight
nrbng of the hands and arms, and this
|preccdcs the breaking out of a Skin
Idisease which Frequently extends TO
hhe body. 1t dies away in the autumn
Ivhcn the leaves fall. and by Christ
mas the sufferer is free. but the pri-
'Mhla has by no means finished its
ldeadly work. When spring comes again
Iand the sap rises in plants and trees,
1.-The dread disease makes its reappear-
|ance and continues all through the
|sunmer.
Ihis continues for many years, fire.
|ouently for the whole of the victims
|1fetime, and there is no known rem
|edy for it, although years of the most
rigid dieting have in some cases pro
|duced a dminution in its violence.
'1f blood poisoning by the primu,a
|obconica does not take this form, it
|brings about the still more dreadful
|ery sipelas. Cases Of poisoning through
|eating the berries of the belladonna, or
|deadly nightshade, are all too frequent,
|but there is the gravest danger in even
|bandling this attractive plant.
lt is very common practice in the
country among parties of young peo-
Dle to pick the berries and flick them
|at each other with the fingers for
sport. Then, when heated by the fun
ND fusillade. the face is sometimes
|mopped with a handkerchief upon
'Which fingers sticky with the juice of
ne berries have been wiped.
Should but just little Of this get
1nto one of the eyes a fearful calamity
nay ensue, Irits, or paralysis Of the
IRIS of the eye, which invariably re-
Hnts in blindness, has been known to
come on, and against this dread dis
ease medical skill has as yet proved
mavailing. This. too, is in face of the
Rradoxical fact that treatment with
<hcture Of belladonna' is the one usual
M adopted in the elementary stages Of
iritis.
<1he dainty heroine who is so often
"a be heard Of as idly plucking to
Qeces the petals of flower must be-
ware which blossoms she chooses for
ne purpose. Lilies. begonias, rhodo-
endrons and peonies are likely to set
" testers. with consequent loss Of
niger nails. If treated in this way
.Dndon Ancwars