ANTIRRHINUM DEATH.
LONDON, Sept, 24. A four-years-okl girl named Iris May. Common has died at Newsham, near lilyth, Northumberland, through eating the leaves and flowers of an antirrhinum plant growing in a park. Dr Gallacher,. .at. the inquest on Saturday, said the plant, which was of me snapdragon genus, was poisonous. The symptoms set up were similar to those crused by laburnum pods. 'Hie coroner said that the difficulty was to prevent a repetition of such cases They touhl not very well cover tue flower beds and they did not want the parks littered all over with notices. A police sergeant suggested that school teachers should he asked to warn children of the danger of eating (lowers and leaves.
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 November 1929, Page 3
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119ANTIRRHINUM DEATH. Hokitika Guardian, 7 November 1929, Page 3
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