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1649 N. Culpeper Physicall Directory 340 Take of black Hellebore roots as we have them with us, the woody pith being taken away, steep..in juyce of Quinces three daies, with a moderate heat, then dry them and keep them.

1712 Catal. Seeds Amer. Islands in J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. sig. c^v Papaver, the white prickly Poppy, with the Hellebore leaf, whose yellow or golden Juice purges dropsical Bodies.

1792 W. Osbaldiston Brit. Sportsman at Herbes They put into a horse's counter a piece of hellebore-root.

1842 C. W. Johnson Farmer's Encycl. at June Watch your sheep; the fly is now on the wing. Have..the hellebore powder and black brimstone ready.

1878 tr. H. W. von Ziemssen et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. XVII. 742 Hellebore-poisoning..results from the joint action of the two active principles contained in the plant.

1942 Times 18 June 6/6 A dreid hellebore flower and a thornapple fruit are stuck in the centre of a slightly messy sketch.

1992 Oldie 21 Feb. 49/2 The best thing to be said for snails..is that, according to Geoffrey Grigson, they eat the oil coat around hellebore seeds, which then take a ride on the slime.

1999 BBC Gardeners' World Apr. 55/1 Hellebore leaves should be cut off in October so that new growth doesn't become infected with hellebore leaf blotch.