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Just found 2 bags of hyacinths that I forgot to plant end of last year
(actually, I didn't 'forget' so much as never got around to digging out
the
allotment flower patch in time before it snowed), so I thought I'd throw
them in.

I swear I didn't touch anything without gloves! But within minutes my
face
and neck were itching so much I had to go in and wash hands and face in
cold
water - even then, as soon as I came back out it all started up again.
And
even now, several hours later, I still feel uncomfortable. :-(

Further Googling has turned up this--

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=C...20Itch&f=false

It shows a page with a paragraph on Hyacinths.

It's one hell of a long link !

Bill