[pbs] Mountain Laurel
Mark BROWN
brown.mark at wanadoo.fr
Thu Dec 25 03:02:31 EST 2008
I know of a story of a napoleonic regiment that was devastated when they used Nerium oleander sticks for meat skewers then cooking it !
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> > And certainly not Mountain Laurel, Kalmia latifolia, which even the deer
> > apparently do not touch until they are on the verge of starvation.
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> I seem to recall one ancient Greek city-state's army was wiped out after
> they feasted on Kalmia honey, went unconscious, were discovered and killed
> by another Greek city-state's army. Any confirmation?
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