Poisonous Plants in GB

Would you lick your fingers after picking a Lily of the ValleyDid noone remember to warn you about fair Fools ParsleyAnd where are the haunts of Satans Boletus and the Destroying AngelHiding in the beautiful meadows and woods of Great Britain areparticular plants, about which every sensible rambler, parent and picnickershould be properly informed. Let Frederick Gillam be your guide.

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• 3 First published 2008 AD This edition Wooden Books Ltd 2008 AD Published by Wooden Books Ltd. 8A M
• 4 For Jack This book is not a field guide and if you want to learn to identify flora and fungi in th
• 1 INTROdUCTION None should venture out into field or forest to gather food or remedies without some
• 2 3 Above Hercules twelfth labour, the subjugation of Kerberos, guardian of Hades. Below Socrates a
• 4 5 Monkshood wolFsbAne Aconitum napellus Family Ranunculaceae. Synonyms Wolfs bane, blue rocket,
• 6 7 white bryony Bryonia dioica Family Cucurbitaceae. Synonyms English mandrake, wild vine, wild ne
• 8 9 blAck bryony Tamus communis Family Dioscoreaceae. Synonyms Blackeye root, chilblain berry, big
• 10 11 deAdly nightshAde Atropa belladonna Family Solanaceae. Synonyms Dwale, black morel as in more
• 12 13 blAck nightshAde Solanum nigrum Family Solanaceae. Synonyms Petty morel, garden nightshade.
• 14 15 blAck henbAne Hyoscyamus niger Family Solanaceae. Synonyms Jupitersbean, hogsbean, deus cabal
• 16 17 bittersweet Solanum dulcamara Family Solanaceae. Synonyms Woody nightshade, felonwort, felonw
• 18 19 thornApple Datura stramonium Family Solanaceae. Synonyms Devils weed, stinkweed, Devils apple
• 20 21 MAndrAke Mandragora officinarum Family Solanaceae. Synonyms Satans apple, love apple, from Ge
• 22 23 green stinking hellebore Helleborus viridis and foetidus Family Ranunculaceae. Synonym Bears
• 24 25 opiuM poppy Papaver somniferum Family Papaveraceae. Synonym Mawseed. From Asia, but found on
• 26 27 lords And lAdies Arum maculatum Family Araceae Synonyms Cuckoo pint, kings and queens, parson
• 28 29 lily oF the VAlley Convallaria majalis Family Ruscaceae. Synonyms May lily, Our Ladys tears,
• 30 31 FoxgloVe Digitalis purpurea Family Scrophulaceae. Synonyms Folks glove, fairy thimbles, Devi
• 32 33 dogs Mercury Mercurialis perennis Family Euphorbiaceae. Synonyms Dogs cole. A perennial indi
• 34 35 heMlocks, cowbAne dropworts to be avoided Family Umbelliferae. Hemlock Conium maculatum. Sy
• 36 37 Fools pArsley Aethusa cynapium Family Umbelliferae. Synonyms Dog bane, dogs parsley, lesser h
• 38 39 AutuMn crocus Colchicum autumnale Family Liliaceae. Synonyms Meadow saffron, naked ladies.
• 40 41 herb pAris Paris quadrifolia Family Melanthaceae. Synonyms True love, true lovers knot, one
• 42 43 Mezereon And spurge lAurel Daphne mezereum laureola Mezereon family illustrated Thymelaeaceae
• 44 45 Mistletoe And yew Viscum album Taxus baccata Mistletoe. Family Loranthaceae. Synonyms Lignum
• 46 47 Frosted Fibre cAp the sickener Inocybe maculata Russula emetica Frosted Fibre Cap. Family C
• 48 49 coMMon ink cAp sAtAns boletus Coprinus atramentarius Boletus satanas Common Ink Cap. Family
• 50 51 Fly AgAric Amanita muscaria Family Amanitaceae. Synonyms Magic mushroom. Found in birch or c
• 52 53 deAth cAp And pAnther cAp Amanita phalloides Amanita pantherina Death Cap. Family Amanitacea
• 54 55 destroying Angel Amanita virosa Family Amanitaceae. This pure white mushroom is found in mixe
• 56 57 Plants Due to the large and constantly growing number of toxic compounds that have been isolat
• 58 Appendix ii AniMAls poisonous plAnts N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N