The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-08-09
BL6ol1s THAT POISON
DOORS or FLOWERS THAT ARE HARM
Full TO HEALTH.
DewAre OF the roEpy, a. IL Contains
0rirm and Ineaees Drowsiness.
Tulip. That Are Dangerous and
Produce Light Headedness.


The majority OF people think that
the tulip has no smell. and this Is true
OF a great number OF the fashionable
variegated kinds. The old self colored
sorts, however. particularly those of "A
deep crimson hue. have powerful
odor. which is dangerous when inhal-
ed. This odor is OF saffron flavor and
Affects many people in a very peculiar
manner. If breathed deeply, IL has I
the effect OF producing light headed |
ness. which continues for some time, /
causing the sufferer TO do and say all /
manner OF remarkable and ridiculous
things. It's 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
Is 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 drowsy sensa-
ton which comes after walking
through a field OF these flowers and
afterward OF violent headaches ana
dlslnclinatlon TO move about In Asia
Minor, where the poppy Is grown In
vast quantities for the purpose of eX-
tracing tie drug. tourists are fire.
duently incapacltated for many hours
after Inspecting poppy plantation.
and two cases OF death among Eng
fish tourists were traced TO the same
cause last year.
An flowers grown from bulbs are
dangerous in rooms where there IS Ill
ness. Although punches of flowers are
invariably taken as presents to pa
tients, such blooms as hyacinths, lilies
OF the valley, tuberoses and even DAT
fodils and narcissuses should be care.
fully avoided The perfume is as dan
gorous TO person in a critical state on
/ health as a dose Of morphia would be,
/ without possessing the benefits which
4 that drug sometimes confers.
Perhaps the most remarkable effect
4 which any garden flower has on the
I human body is that which follows the
( handling of the particular variety OF
primula known as obconica. EXpe-
rienced gardeners are always careful!
70 wear gloves when potting this
plant as, should there be ever such n
slight scratch or prick on the hands or
fingers, evil results are almost certain
70 follow
The first noticeable result is n slight
itching of the hands and arms, and this
precedes the breaking out of a skin
disease which frequently extends to
the body. 1t dies away in the autumn
when the leaves fall. and by Christ
mas the sufferer Is free, but the pri
mula has by no means finished It's
deadly work. When spring comes agar
and the sap rises in plants and trees
the dread disease makes its reappcar
ance and continues all through the
summer.
This continues for many years, IRE
quently for the whole of the victims
lifetime, and there Is no known rem
edy for Il, although years OF the mos
rigid dieting have In some cases pro
duced dminution IN its violence.
If blood poisoning by the primuli
obconica does not take this form,
z brings about the still more dreadful
erysipelas. Cases Of poisoning through
4 eating the berries OF the belladonna, o
deadly nightshade, are all too frequent
but there is the fravest dancer Ia ever