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By NANCY SECRIST | AfWt i»- --4
Many of the plants we grow are toxic, especially to young children who have a habit of putting any object in their mouths. An Ohio girl died because at a makebelieve tea party she ate berries picked from a Daphne plant in her mother’s rock garden. It is important to teach children never to eat or put in their mouths any plant or berry not commonly used as food.
The National Safety Council lists the following varieties, identifying their toxic parts.
House plants: hyacinth, narcissus, daffodil (bulbs); oleander (leaves, branches); dieffenbachia (dumb cane), elephant ear, (all parts), rosary pea, castor bean, (seeds).
Flower garden plants: larkspur (young plants seeds); monkshood (fleshy roots); autumn crocus, starof-Bethlehem (bulbs); lily-ofthe-valley, (leaves, flowers); iris (underground stems); foxglove (leaves); bleeding heart (Dutchman’s breeches) (foliage, roots).
Ornamental plants: Daphne (berries); wisteria (seed pods); golden chain (bean-like capsules in which the seeds are suspended); laurels, rhododendron, azaleas (all parts); jessamine (berries); Lantana camara (red sage) (green berries); yew (berries, foliage).
Trees and shrubs: wild and cultivated cherries (twigs, foliage); oaks (foliage, acorns); elderberry (shoots, leaves, bark); black locust (bark, sprouts, foliage).
Plants in wooded areas: jack-in-the-pulpit (all parts, especially roots); moonseed
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