ARACE^ 



the Jack as preaching in the open spaces of a woodland, 

 to tall trees. While Nantucket has some tall trees, Jack 

 likes here to hide himself under shaded thickets. Jack, 

 the Preacher, or to be literal, the flower of the plant 

 is perhaps better known than the fruit, the bright red 

 berries, that mature in late August or early September. 

 Showy in its fall colouring, the plant is then often intro- 

 duced into gardens. If there is anything in the theory 

 that the dwellers of the woodland may be transplanted 

 more readily than those of drier ground, Jack-in-the- 

 pulpit may surely be cited as an illustration. For trans- 

 ferred even to the sandy soil of our usual garden, it will 

 persist for years. 



Part of the plant is used as a cure for coughs. 



ARACE^) ARUM FAMILY 



Acorus Calamus, L. 



Greenish-yellow Sweet-flag, Sedge-cane, 



Calamus, Sedge-grass, 



June- July Sweet Rush, Flag-root, 



Sweet Grass, Sedge-rush, 



Sweet Cane, Sea-sedge, 



Sweet Sedge, Cinnamon-sedge, 



Sweet Segg, Myrtle-sedge, 



Sweet Myrtle, Myrtle-grass, 



Sweet Root, Myrtle-flag. 

 Sedge-root, 



Acorus: ancient name of an unknown meaning, from Pliny. 

 Calamus: from Greek meaning a reed. 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: "wet meadows, pools and over- 

 flowed muddy places." 



THE PLANT: one foot to four feet high. 



THE LEAVES: light, yellow-green becoming still more 

 yellow in the fall; closely sheathing each other and the 



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