Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Magic Plants
At the university museum I had the opportunity to take a tour of a garden with medicinal herbs. While there were many different useful plants, one that stuck out was the belladonna plant. Apparently, women in older times used to take droplets from this plant and place them in their eye to dilate their pupils. It was said that when you're with someone you desire, you're pupils widen. Women would dilate their eyes so it would appear to the men that they were being adored. It was an interesting little story but in the future I'll pay attention to pupils!
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That was my favorite part of the tour as well. It was interesting to think that ladies actually did this in hopes of finding a guy at a party. I also enjoyed the plant that water would not stick to.
ReplyDeleteAnd now we learned that today as well at the botanical garden.
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