Nuttall's Death Camas (Zygadenus Nuttallii) As a Poisonous Plant (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Nuttall's Death Camas (Zygadenus Nuttallii) As a Poisonous Plant (Classic Reprint) written by Charles Dwight Marsh and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-17 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Nuttall's Death Camas (Zygadenus Nuttallii) As a Poisonous Plant The matter was of great interest because this was the first and only report to the Department of Agriculture of losses from this plant, although it is now well known that the species of Zygadenus growing in the West have occasioned heavy losses of livestock. It seemed a matter of some importance that the plant should be investigated experimentally, and arrangements were made for collecting material for experimental work. Unfortunately, this material was not obtained in 1922, but through the kindness of Doctors Allen and Hiatt a lar e quantity was collected in the spring of 1923, and the results of t e experimental work with this material are recorded in this bulletin. Very little has been known of the poisonous properties of this species. In 1840, W. J. Hooker, in Flora boreali-americana, vol. 2. 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.