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« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2014, 04:56:01 AM »
Though every portion of the Arum lily is poisonous, people still sometimes “cook the toxins out” and eat the leaves.
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« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2014, 04:56:12 AM »
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« Reply #8 on: December 02, 2014, 04:56:26 AM »
Potentially deadly, many of the plants contained within this garden are quite beautiful; an irony of nature that many have found captivating over the years.


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« Reply #9 on: December 02, 2014, 04:56:39 AM »
The Castor Oil plant contains the deadly and poisonous ricin within its seeds

It was this paradox—along with a trip to the infamous Medici poison garden in Italy—that set Duchess Jane Percy of Northumberland’s “toxic” dream in motion. The Duchess wanted to transform the disheveled castle gardens into a unique tourist destination that would, oddly enough, appeal to kids.


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« Reply #10 on: December 02, 2014, 04:56:51 AM »
“I thought, ‘This is a way to interest children,'” Percy says. “Children don’t care that aspirin comes from a bark of a tree. What’s really interesting is to know how a plant kills you, and how the patient dies, and what you feel like before you die.”

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« Reply #11 on: December 02, 2014, 04:57:06 AM »
Nicandra (also known as the shoo-fly plant) is a close relative to Deadly Nightshade



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