Olean
a city in Cattaraugus co., N.
Y., on the Alleghany river and on the Pennsylvania, the Erie, and the Pittsburgh, Shawmut and Northern railroads; 70 miles E. of Buffalo. It contains a large supply of natural gas, both for fuel and lighting; the Forman Public Library, several educational institutions, electric street railroads, electric lights, National banks, and daily and weekly newspapers. It has extensive pe- OLEANDER as the basis of a rat poison. Sweet scented oleander is wild in Central India, Scinde, Afghanistan, and the outer Himalayas to 5,500 ft. Often cultivated in India, etc. All parts of the plant, especially the root, are poisonous.