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Jeff Layman[_2_] · 09-07-2009, 10:47 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening

Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
In message , Charlie
Pridham writes
In article 3652a796-716c-451c-b2e2-
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says...
On Jul 8, 11:41 am, Charlie Pridham
wrote:
In article 1c733797-269f-4296-9fd6-
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says...

On Jul 8, 8:38 am, echinosum
wrote:
hound;855051 Wrote: Thank you all for your useful answers.
just treat it with respect,

and not lick my fingers after handling it. The local snails
quite

happy to eat it, and a caterpillar is making its cocoon inside a
leaf that it has rolled up!!!

Well there are plenty of wee beasties that can happily eat death-cap
mushroom, but a mouthful is enough to kill a human. But put said wee
beasties in a jam jar with a few crushed laurel leaves, put the lid
on, and they'll soon be dead.

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echinosum

Does it contain arsenic or some such poison?

Judith

Cherry Laural contains cyanide
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Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwallwww.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea

Oooer!!!!!!!! I get a rash when I cut laurel! I also get a rash
touching borage, juniper and other stuff, hopefully there is nothing
that can be transferred via the hand, i.e. during normal gardening
jobs?

Judith

I think the amounts involved are not that large so you would have to
consume some quantity rather than just come in contact with

Are we still talking about Datura? or have you switched to Prunus
laurocerasus? Datura is highly toxic - in the Nerium/Atropa/Abra/Ricinus
category.

That's a strange mix of Families and pharmacological class! Atropine is
pretty benign compared to abrin and ricin.

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Jeff