[Leica] Friday but probably not a flower

[Jim Nichols]

Haven't seen one in many years.  We had a large plant by a shed/garage 
on the farm in the 1930s.  I seem to recall the old folks put them in 
mole tunnels to get rid of moles.  Now, I'm the old folk and I want 
nothing to do with them.

On 9/11/20 5:18 PM, Ken Carney via LUG wrote:
> I thought they looked like the Covid illustrations you see, but this 
> is a castor bean plant.  They are said to keep pests away and the 
> beans are useful in making Ricin, a super bad poison used by assassins 
> everywhere.
>
> Ken
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/IMG_1344.jpg.html
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Jim Nichols
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