. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. 512 Handbook of Nalure-Study JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT Teacher's Story "With hooded heads and shields of green, Alonks of the wooded glen, I know you well; you are, I ween, Robin Hood's merry men.'" —"Child's Own Book of ; HIS little preacher is a prime favorite with all children, its very shape, like that of the pitcher plant, sug- gesting mystery; and what child could fail to lift the striped hood to discover what might be hidden be- neath! And the interest is e
. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. 512 Handbook of Nalure-Study JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT Teacher's Story "With hooded heads and shields of green, Alonks of the wooded glen, I know you well; you are, I ween, Robin Hood's merry men.'" —"Child's Own Book of ; HIS little preacher is a prime favorite with all children, its very shape, like that of the pitcher plant, sug- gesting mystery; and what child could fail to lift the striped hood to discover what might be hidden be- neath! And the interest is en-' hanced when it is discovered that the hood is but a protection for the true flowers, standing upon a club- shaped stem, which has been made through imagination into "Jack," the little preacher. Jack-in-the-pulpit prefers wet lo- cations but is sometimes found on dry, wooded hillsides; the greater abundance of blossoms occurs in late May. Thisplant has another name, which it earned by being interesting below ground as well as above. It has a solid, flattened, food-store- house called a corm with a fringe of coarse rootiets encircling its upper portion. This corm was used as a food by the Indians, which fact gave the plant the name of Indian turnip. I think all children test the corm as a food for curiosit}'', and retire from the field with a new respect for the stoicism of the Indian when enduring torture; but this is an undeserved tribute. When raw, these corms are peppery because they are filled with minute, needle-like spicules which, however, soften with boiling, and the Indians boiled them before eating them. Jack-in-the-pulpit is a near cousin to the calla lily; the white part of the calla and the striped hood over "Jack" are both spathes, and a spathe is a leaf modified for the protection of a flower or flowers. "Jack" has but one leg and his flowers are set around it, all safely enfolded in the lower part of the spathe. The pistillate
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