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Plants. LXXXVI. Vol. IV. No. 57., POISONOUS PLANTS., e quelques mi. onrprêe, ou 1 la vérité l'omtel'e n'en est pas se garder d'elle e chez nous, fréquemment iw Lontueuîes etprifl101. BW/«» îds pofttïi» 5 campasi!« at affo e ses feuilles v«a tue hommes'mains c'est aussi m», Fig. 1. The Common Laurel or Cherry-bay. (Prunus laurocerasus.), JL he common Laurel is a very large bufh of c or 6 feet high; its leaves are handfome, evergreen, and gloffy like those of the baytree; the flowers are white and ocloriferous; its dark blue cherry like fruit grows in clufters. It is frequently found on the fhores of the black-fea, but thrives alto in open air in the milder climate of thefouthernGermany. The fruit which, as may be obferved in (Fig. a.) contains a stone, is not eatable. The flowers and leaves have an agreeable tafte like that of a bitter almond, but are poifonous and a few drops of the oil or water diftilled from them, arefuffîcientto kill a man or an animal in a few minutes., Fig. 2. The purple Fox-Glove or bell flower. (Digitalis purpurea.), The pur pie fox-glove is an ornament ot our gardens but being a poifonous plant; \ve ought to be the more upon our guard against it as is indigenous to Germany and abundantly found in hilly countries and woods as well as on rocks. The stalk of the plant is very strong; it grows about 3' or 4 feet high, and bears a quantity of finebell-flowers. Its fmell occafions stupefaction and the feeds as well as the juice of the flowers and green leaves areafharp and mortiferous poifon to men and animals; but in the hand of a fkillful phyfician and ufed with proper précaution, they afford a strongly cperating medicine.
