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Hey; where is everybody?  Bamboo update, for those interested:  I noticed
that the black coloration starts at the nodes and progresses downward from
each node in speckles, gradually increasing in number until the appearance
is a uniform black.  The order is from bottom node first to top node last,
so that the lower portion of the culm is black before the upper sections.
Right now, every section has some degree of blackening.

Clyde was talking about the genus Aconitum.  In a book I've had for about
15 years (Time/Life Book of Perennials, by J. Crockett), the author says
that at least one species, the common Monkshood, contains an alkaloid so
toxic that to get it in a scratch on one's finger is dangerous or even
fatal.  Is that true?  I know so many people who have grown Monkshood, many
with young children, and never heard of a mishap.  On the other hand, I do
know of people getting sick and even dying from ingesting toxins from
various Solanellae and also Datura.
I have supposedly poisonous houseplants being eaten every day by cats who
remain quite vigorous.  What is the word on some of these garden poisoners?


Sheila Smith
mikecook@pipeline.com
Niles, MI  USA, Z 5/6
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