Excerpt from The Narrow-Leaved Milkweed (Asclepias Mexicana) And the Broad-Leaved or Showy Milkweed (Asclepias Speciosa): Plants Poisonous to Live Stock in Nevada In other States, notably Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico, it has been proven that the whorled-leaved milkweed has caused the death of many sheep. 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.

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