POISONOUS SHRUB IN QUEEN’S GARDEN.
In' with poisonotis. plant* in t%.■•Queen’s Gardena to, which are sHn disease contracted by ‘ titUt it' is probable that . the There are tworcr three oleanders^JuTth© Ohrdefts. ’Jfhe lorives of’ this shrub when, punctured evade a milky juice which is of a poiSbnou* nature. A returned soldier, Mfc Jacobsen, informed a Mail repjrcseiitative tb'day that the soldiers in Egypt were ■warned against the oleander* which is a native of the Levant ‘ and Mediterranean.' The Encyclopaedia Britannica states that cosea are recoidcd of children being no waned by the .‘|lowers. The dangerous nature of the §hrub maiefe it an undesirable occupactyof the Gardens, and no doubt thfe Council will order its removal.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 83, 8 April 1919, Page 2
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115POISONOUS SHRUB IN QUEEN’S GARDEN. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 83, 8 April 1919, Page 2
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