Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1919 — Plant’s Odor Is Fatal [ARTICLE]

Plant’s Odor Is Fatal

The “death plant” of Java has flowers which rontinually give off a perfume so powerful as to overcome, if inhaled for any length of time, a fullgrown man, and which kills all forms of insect life that come under its io fluenca.