Note 3204 — BOOK XXIII. THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE CULTIVATED TREES. (continued 2)
John Bostock translation
The peasantry of France, Fée says, still use as a purgative the berries of the Daphne mezereum, and of the Daphne laureola; and in Aragon and Catalonia, the leaves of the Thymelea are used for a similar purpose. The employment of them, however, is not unattended with danger.