Principal Poisonous Plants of the United States (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Principal Poisonous Plants of the United States (Classic Reprint) written by V. K. Chesnut and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2019-02 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Principal Poisonous Plants of the United States Setting aside the criminal uses of poisonous plants, there are some other legal problems connected with them which are Of general public interest. The common law of England holds a person responsible for damage accruing from the possession and cultivation of poisonous plants. In one case, for example, a jury rendered judgment in favor of a plain tiff whose horse was poisoned from eating branches of a yew which hung over a fence from an adjoining yard. A similar judgment for has recently been rendered by a New York court against the directors of a cemetery in a case of poisoning due to poison ivy which had been allowed to grow within the grounds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.