Deadly Nightshade Emporium Postcards

Postcards featuring the collection of Deadly Nightshade Emporium Prints from Köhler's Medicinal Plants - Volume 1 (1887), Volume 2 (1890), Volume 3 (1898) Black Hellebore Ingesting the Black Hellebore (Helleborus niger) or Christmas Rose can cause nausea, vomiting, dizziness, spasms, acute hepatitis, jaundice, or paralysis. Contact with a wounded plant can cause itch, rashes or blistering. February Daphne All parts of the February Daphne (Daphne mezereum) are poisonous, especially the fruits, sap and bark. Non-fatal doses cause vomiting, stomach pain and a burning sensation in the mouth, larger doses include shivering, dilation of the pupils convulsions, and damage to the intestines. The sap was used on cheeks in place of rouge until it was discovered that the rosy cheeks that resulted were indicators of blood vessel damage. Iris Following ingestion the Iris plant can cause nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and elevated temperature Lily of the Valley Lily of the Valley plant can caus