Poisonous Plant
A house-plant known as “mother-in-law" has been withdrawn from 1000 branches of a nation-wide chain store after the police advised that it was poisonous and could kill. The plant is diefenbachia. a native of the West Indies, and is recognised by nurserymen as poisonous if the sap gets near the mouth or eyes.— London, October 11.
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Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31499, 13 October 1967, Page 14
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58Poisonous Plant Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31499, 13 October 1967, Page 14
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