Devil in angel's petals
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A number of teenagers have been poisoned by ingesting species of Datura and Brugmansia because of their reputation as hallucinogens, and the plants have been linked to two deaths in Texas in June 1994. The common names for the plants include jimsonweed, angel's trumpet, thorn apple and stink weed. They are subtropical species commonly found in southern states. The plants are particularly dangerous because the level of toxic alkaloids varies among different plants, different parts of a single plant and according to the season. In addition, the toxic dose is very close to the therapeutic dose.
Publication Name: American Horticulturist
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0096-4417
Year: 1995
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Weed them their rights
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Federal authorities complain that their efforts to prevent invasive exotic weeds from getting a toehold are frustrated by ineffective laws on plant importation. Other complications include unregulated interstate shipment of plants, declining agency budgets, a history of focusing on agricultural weeds, and bureaucratic inefficiencies. A 1993 report by the federal Office of Technology Assessment helped to initiate changes at the main agency, the US Dept of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
Publication Name: American Horticulturist
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0096-4417
Year: 1995
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Primrose Path well-trodden
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Charles and Martha Oliver's Primrose Path nursery carries 23 primrose selections among its 75 genera as well as many native plants and some 25 they bred, including Tiarella 'Tiger Stripe.' Many rock gardeners like the catalog, in operation since 1986. The nursery, near Pittsburgh, operates on just two acres of ground, and carries a series of heucherellas. Customers praise the care the Olivers use in packaging and shipping. Many of their plants are suited to dry, rocky climates.
Publication Name: American Horticulturist
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0096-4417
Year: 1995
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