Transcriber’s Notes: Underscores “_” before and after a word or phrase indicate _italics_ in the original text. Equal signs “=” before and after a word or phrase indicate =bold= in the original text. [Illustration] COMMON POISONOUS PLANTS OF NEW ENGLAND U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE Public Health Service This material was prepared by Heber W. Youngken, Jr., Ph. D., Dean of the College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, Kingston; and Joseph S. Karas, M.D., Director of the Poison Control Center at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, and is published by the Rhode Island Health Department in cooperation with the U.S. Public Health Service, Division of Accident Prevention. The photographs were provided by Dean Youngken. RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Division of Health Education and Information and THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND In Cooperation With U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE Public Health Service Division of Accident Prevention Washington, D.C. 20201 Public Health Service Publication No. 1220 April 1964 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C., 20402 Price 35 cents COMMON POISONOUS PLANTS OF NEW ENGLAND Page Introduction ii Amanita mushroom 1 Baneberry 2 Bittersweet 3 Bloodroot 4 Castor bean 5 Christmas rose 6 Daphne 7 Deadly nightshade 8 Foxglove 9 Green hellebore 10 Indian hemp 11 Jimson weed 12 Larkspur 13 Lily-of-the-valley 14 Monkshood 15 Poison-hemlock 16 Poison-ivy 17 Pokeweed 18 Water hemlock 19 Yew 20 Poison Control Centers 21 Plant Index 23 INTRODUCTION