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The poppy and other deadly plants.

Title
The poppy and other deadly plants.
Author
Baskin, Esther.
Publication
New York, Delacorte Press [1967]

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  • Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000
  • Baskin, Leonard.
  • Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection. wid
Description
74 p. illus.; 29 cm.
Summary
A study of 14 poisonous plants, such as poppy, hemlock, deadly nightshade, mandrake and passionflower, giving a botanical description of the plant, the plant's history, numerous literary and historical references, and plant legends and lore.
Subject
  • Poisonous plants
  • Plant Poisoning
Genre/Form
Dust jackets – Specimens – United States – 20th century.
Note
  • "A Seymour Lawrence book."
  • A duplicate copy of this title was part of the Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection, but was not retained.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Poppy -- Hellebore -- Mad Apple -- Hemlock -- Mandrake -- Darnel -- Deadly Nightshade -- Monkshood -- Potato and Manioc -- Henbane -- Passionflower -- Jack-in-the-Pulpit -- Rush -- Thorn Apple -- Notes on a hundred more.
LCCN
^^^66015843^
OCLC
879506540
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library