Download or read book Poisonous, Noxious, and Suspected Plants, of Our Fields and Woods (Classic Reprint) written by Anne Pratt and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-13 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Poisonous, Noxious, and Suspected Plants, of Our Fields and Woods This is the most virulent of all our native plants; all parts being poisoneus. Even the scent of its flowers is unwholesome, and the dust on its anthers Will, if it touches the eyes, cause pain and inflammation, While any portion of the Monkshood, if handled When the skin is torn, causes pain in the limbs and fainting. Illness has arisen from eating but a small piece of the leaf and several persons have died by mistaking the root for horseradish. The plant is about four feet high. It grows by a few streams in this country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.