Description
Wyeth Laboratories, Published 1966. Wraps, 45 pp.; 22 cm; illustrated throughout with line drawings of poisonous plants, with a color photographic garden frontispiece.
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Condition & notes
In Very Good condition. Black pictorial paper covers (skull-and-daffodil photographic design), light bumping to edges and corners, mild scuffing, a very light pen mark at the foot of the front cover, mild overall shelf wear with some color loss along edges and spine. Staple bound, binding tight. Interior pages mildly toned, otherwise unmarked.A Wyeth Laboratories educational giveaway identifying the common poisonous plants of North America, each entry pairing a line drawing with its toxic part and symptoms, arranged by setting (house plants, vegetable and flower gardens, ornamentals, field, marsh, and forest plants). Closes with a bibliography, index, and an "If Poisoning Occurs" reference page. A period piece of 1960s pharmaceutical ephemera.Contents: Our Dangerous Flora; And What To Do About Them; Bibliography; House Plants; Vegetable Garden Plants; Plants in the Flower Garden; Ornamental Plants; Field Plants; Trees and Shrubs; Plants of the Marshes; Forest Plants; Index; If Poisoning Occurs.