RE: OT: Iris Toxicity

Please email me with the information on iris toxicity @ 
mel@theofficenet.com.
Thanks Rusty


>From: "Steve Szabo" <stevesz@erols.com>
>Reply-To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com
>To: <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: RE: [iris-talk] OT: Iris Toxicity
>Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 22:28:32 -0500
>
>"I am a bit skeptical about any site that warns against reactions from the
>sap and
>leads a novice to believe irises have *thorns* that can cause puncture
>wounds. :)" Hence the URL as both descriptions are applied to a wide 
>variety
>of plants.
>
>I did a search on "plant toxicity" to gather results  and this was the 
>first
>hit that mentioned iris that I would consider to be valid.  If you, or
>anyone else would like the results of that search, I will gladly e-mail 
>them
>to you.  Had I phrased the search differently, I am sure I would have come
>up with a different set of results.
>
>\\Steve//
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: J.F. Hensler [c*@povn.com]
>Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 3:08 PM
>To: 'iris-talk@yahoogroups.com'
>Subject: RE: [iris-talk] OT: Iris Toxicity
>
>
>The site shown below tries to cover too broad a subject, IMHO. I am a bit
>skeptical about any site that warns against reactions from the sap and
>leads a novice to believe irises have *thorns* that can cause puncture
>wounds. :)
>
>I don't know about other livestock but we feed the iris tops (Bearded, SIB,
>JI) to our sheep when pruning back in the fall without any noticeable
>adverse effects to the animals.  Matter-of-fact they sort of look on them
>as candy.  Of the four university toxic plant sites we have in our
>bookmarks only U Penn lists the iris in their data base and then only by
>photo, with no accompanying explanatory text.
>
>Medicinally, I've used bearded iris rhizomes to treat surface wound
>infections and have had only good results.  Back in my "herbal medicine"
>days I did quite a bit of reading on the subject of irises and found them
>used in a number of interesting remedies. Among them, the dried rhizome of
>I. florentina was recommended for teething babies as well as a fixative for
>fragrances.
>
>On the other hand, a friend who works with I. versicolor claims it contains
>a poison that will kill even gophers. There may be something to this since
>old references to "blue flags" are for concoctions to encourage vomiting.
>:-p
>
>This would make an interesting article for the Journal if anyone has time
>to do some in depth research.
>
>Christy Hensler
>
>----------
>From:  Steve Szabo
>
> >>  From the University of California, Davis
>(http://wellness.ucdavis.edu/safety_info/poison_prevention/take_care_wit
>h_plants/toxicity_of_plants.html) comes this information:<<
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