Poisonous, noxious and suspected plants of our fields and woods / by Anne Pratt ; published under the direction of the Committee of General Literature and Education, appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.

  • Pratt, Anne, 1806-1893.
Date:
[1857 or 1866?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Poisonous, noxious and suspected plants of our fields and woods / by Anne Pratt ; published under the direction of the Committee of General Literature and Education, appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    17/98
    FOOL'S PARSLEY.—(JSthusa Cyndpium.) Nat. Ord. Umbelliferje. The Umbelliferous Tribe. This is one of our commonest weeds, flowering during July and August, in fields, gardens, and hedges. It has a stem one or two feet high, branched and marked with fine lines; and its numerous leaves are of very dark green. It may be known from similar plants, by three little slender leaflets hanging from each of the small clusters of flowers forming the general cluster. Though of much darker tint than the garden parsley, it has been mistaken for it, and most distressing illness and death have ensued very quickly after eating it. Children have also died from eating its roots instead of turnips. PLANTS proved to be FATALLY POISONOUS to MAN.