St Nicholas [serial] . The hedge-sparrow egg at the left shows to what extent the eggs of cuckoo mustvary, for it is unmottled and is a greenish-blue color. The same cuckoo will not lay differently coloredeggs in different nests, but any given cuckoowill lay her eggs usually in a nest in which theeggs resemble hers. an italian jack-in-the pulpit San , St. Nicholas: While tramping around here I sawwhat I thought was a jack-in-the-pulpit, but on closer ex-amination found it was quite different. I send by thismail several specimens, but as I fear they will not be invery good prese
St Nicholas [serial] . The hedge-sparrow egg at the left shows to what extent the eggs of cuckoo mustvary, for it is unmottled and is a greenish-blue color. The same cuckoo will not lay differently coloredeggs in different nests, but any given cuckoowill lay her eggs usually in a nest in which theeggs resemble hers. an italian jack-in-the pulpit San , St. Nicholas: While tramping around here I sawwhat I thought was a jack-in-the-pulpit, but on closer ex-amination found it was quite different. I send by thismail several specimens, but as I fear they will not be invery good preservation when they reach you, I send in-closed in this letter a little sketch of them. Some of theleaves are six and seven inches long, and glossy. Theflower grows about five inches high, and when picked acertain way two or three inches more stem will appear. Ihave never previously observed this flower, either inAmerica or here, and would very much like to know itsname. I suppose it is of the jack-in-the-pulpit six flowers and one leaf. Unlike the American jack, this one is closed all theway up, and the shape of the hood is different. Does thisgrow in America ? I enjoy your Nature and Science very much. I remain Your loving reader,Mary Powell Ramsdell (age 13^). You are quite right in supposing that the plantis closely related to our jack-in-the-pulpit. Itsscientific name is Arisarum vulgare. It does notgrow wild in America. The flowers you send aremore brightly colored than those of our Ameri-can Jack-in-the-pulpit. - what makes electricity? Garden Grove, St. Nicholas: I would like to know what makeselectricity. Yours truly, Marcella Stearns. Lots of other people would like to know whatmakes electricity, but nobody does know it. Weknow a good many things about electricity, justas we know a good many things about life. Butwe do not know what makes the difference be-tween a dead tree and a live tree, although weknow the difference perfectly. Just so we knowthat i
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