Materials; beads.

Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) at www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/tax_search.pl

Witches believed they could fly after applying this hallucinogen as an ointment.

Wink, Michael & Ben-Erik van Wyk (2008). Mind-Altering and Poisonous Plants of the World. Timber Press

Further reading on this plant can be found here: https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/cabicompendium.18006

Cabi digital library https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/cabicompendium.18006

Vertebrate poison: Mammals.

Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) at www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/tax_search.pl

Neurotoxic. All parts (but more concentrated in seeds) contain tropane alkaloids that cause hallucinations & seizures. Other common side effects include fever, failure of autonomic nervous system, which regulates heartbeat and respiration, leading to coma and death.

Stewart A.(2009) Wicked Plants. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. p.67

Toxic due to tropane alkaloids that inhibit many nerve functions.

Professor Anthony Dayan, 2022

Jimson weed - Common name comes from Jamestown weed, Jamestown Island in Virginia. It was given to British soldiers by early settlers in an attempt to overthrough British rule, causing them to go crazy for eleven days.

Stewart A.(2009) Wicked Plants. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. p.67

Restricted prescription only medicine: hyoscine

There is a video by Dr Henry Oakeley

Videos from the garden Link

Northern America, Mexico