In reality past poisonings have been caused, not by any animosity on the plant's part, but by man's ignorance or hatred for his fellow man. And, as Allen Lacy points out in The Garden in Autumn, "such a great number of ornamental plants are poisonous-daffodils and foxglove for starters-that a garden made up only of plants of assured innocence would be surpassingly dull."
Note: First image is from Flora von Deutshland Osterreich und der Schweiz by Otto Wilhelm Thome and close-up photo is by Hugh Wilson, both courtesy of the Texas Vascular Plant Image Gallery at http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/gallery . Aconitum columbianum photo is by Mimi Kamp, coutesy of the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine at http://www.swsbm.com/homepage/
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