. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. M INDIAN TURNIP. PI,ATB 30. ARIS/EMA TRiPHYLLUM. (ARUM "^AMILY.) Corm tiiuk and round, strtn rrfd, the AiJf' tnrttoped ti theatking ualn, bfitrimg on^ or tn-o foliage leafes : teaiYS long pelioUd, ionrnting of three '.e-obtong, pointed teafiets ; Jloveri :>omt in J pfimltar, spike-iike tnjtorticence, Ike spadtx, protected by a greennk or purptnk. hHjd'skopeJJtorat leaf, the tpuike. /iienniai. PRING is well within its threshold when we meet the preacher in our woodland rambles. H
. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. M INDIAN TURNIP. PI,ATB 30. ARIS/EMA TRiPHYLLUM. (ARUM "^AMILY.) Corm tiiuk and round, strtn rrfd, the AiJf' tnrttoped ti theatking ualn, bfitrimg on^ or tn-o foliage leafes : teaiYS long pelioUd, ionrnting of three '.e-obtong, pointed teafiets ; Jloveri :>omt in J pfimltar, spike-iike tnjtorticence, Ike spadtx, protected by a greennk or purptnk. hHjd'skopeJJtorat leaf, the tpuike. /iienniai. PRING is well within its threshold when we meet the preacher in our woodland rambles. How quaint he is in his high canopied pulpit! The K'll-tlower tol s to church. The sermon begins, we would like to understand what it is about. Surely the text must be love antl l)eauty, fc: what else could the woodland pastor discourse on in the glad May-time ? The preacher-in-the-pulpit or Indian turnip belongs to a group of plants that comprises some of our finest and most interesting flowers—the goldc club, the skunk-cabbage and the shy calla. Here, too, we find the showier Egyptian caDa of the greenhouses. But our own " " has a certain rustic grace about him that yields the palm to no exotic. What could be daintier than the curl of the green or puqile and striped and mottled flower-leaf that shelters so cozily the spike of flowers within ? In the fall, when the flowers have bec<mie a cluster of bright red berries, it is still a striking plant. The conn is somewhat like a turnip in shajje. hence one of the names. In .May or June the plant may be met with in almost every lertile wootl from Canada to Florida ai'd westward beyond the sT^. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Iles, George, 1852-1942. Montreal : Montreal Star
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