Since April the yellow daisy-like flowers of Leopards Bane  (Doronicum pardalianches) have been like beacons of light in the dappled shaded woodland edges in Dalkeith Park. The plant was first introduced to the UK in medieval times as a medicinal herb and has now naturalised across much of Eastern Scotland.  It was thought that it gave men the power to destroy wild beasts such as leopards hence its common name of Leopards Bane although I have never seen any leopards around here and doubt if people want to destroy the deer. According to the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine It also was used as a poison and added to raw meat for bait.   It is often found in gardens now and is harmless.