DCHP-1 Online
wild asparagus Obs. 
milkweed, Asclepias syriaca.
- 1792 (1911) I send you some seeds of the wild asparagus. It may be eaten when very young; afterwards it becomes poisonous. The milky cotton in the seed vessels is very pretty, and makes excellent pillows and beds. I hope it will grow enough to stuff a muff.
- 1860 In the spring the Habitans bring into town a vegetable called wild Asparagus.
- 1792 (1911) I send you some seeds of the wild asparagus. It may be eaten when very young; afterwards it becomes poisonous. The milky cotton in the seed vessels is very pretty, and makes excellent pillows and beds. I hope it will grow enough to stuff a muff.