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"Charles" wrote in message
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On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 12:31:04 -0800, David Ross

wrote:

TOM KAN PA wrote:

How come every winter there are posts warning and inquiring
of the poisonous
poinsettia but in the spring there is no concern about the
daffodills.
The poinsettia's poison is greatly exagerated. Even though
the daffodil is
toxic in all parts, from bulbs to stems to golden trumpets,
it is never
mentioned.

It's the same as for oleander vs peaches. The leaves of both
are
equally poisonous. The almond like kernel in the center of a
peach pit is deadly. Yet I see frequent warnings in this
newsgroup against planting oleander with never a mention of
keeping children away from peach trees.


Do you have a reference for the peach leaf thing? The book I
usually
refer to, "Poisonous Plants of California," makes no mention of
leaves. It does generalize about plants of the rose family,
saying
the toxic part is the seed or kernel.


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- Charles
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-does not play well with others

"Plants that Poison" by Ervin M. Schmutz, Ph.D. and Lucretia
Breazeale Hamilton mentions both the leaves and the seeds of the
peach tree have high concentrations of cyanide.


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elizabeth, Baton Rouge, LA
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