Whether it ever caused the death of a wolf is doubtful, for wolves have their fair share of sense, and probably, knowing something of botany, they tell their cubs: "Don't touch the aconitum Lycotinum, children; it is better to eat meat."
"St. Peter's Umbrella"
Kálmán Mikszáth
173. aconitum, Himalayan, ii.
"Himalayan Journals V2."
J. D. Hooker
Pipichari has given me a small quantity of the poisonous paste, and has also taken me to see the plant from the root of which it is made, the aconitum Japonicum, a monkshood, whose tall spikes of blue flowers are brightening the brushwood in all directions.
"Unbeaten-Tracks-in-Japan"
Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)