Teachers' Leaflet. 



581 



As the flower fades keep up the pupils' interest in the developing 

 seed. Note how many seeds are developed. Note that this ripened 

 seed is enclosed and protected by the same bracts which protected the 

 flower. Note that there is but one seed developed in each pistil. If the 

 pupils have access to the woods let them watch how these seeds are 

 distributed. So far as we have observed, they simply fall to the ground 

 when ripe. 



References. — "Nature's Garden," Blanchan, p. 17; Cornell Nature- 

 Study Leaflet ; " Field Book of American Wild Flowers," Mathews, p. 

 134; "The Child's Own Book of Flowers," Comstock. 



JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT. 



Preliminary Work. — A plant should be brought to the school, root and all, so 



the pupils may see the peculiar shape of the ^ __ 



root, and know why it was called Indian turnip ' ' 

 as well as Jack-in-the-pulpit. These fleshy 

 roots or corms are very peppery when raw 

 because they are filled with minute, needle- 

 like spicules which become softened through 

 ix)iling. • The Indians boiled these corms and 

 used them for food. The children should 

 understand why this is called Jack-in-the- 

 pulpit The spathe is the shape of the sound- 

 ing board, which is placed behind pulpits in 

 cathedrals and old-fashioned churches. 



LESSON CXLIX. 



THE FLOWERS OF JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT. 



Purpose. — To make the children fa- 

 miliar with the parts of this plant. 



Transplant a Jack-in-the-pulpit as 

 soon as its first points show above the 

 soil and let the pupils note how the 

 leaves are folded about each other in a 

 little cone ; one leaflet of the three-parted 

 leaf pointing up and two down. After 

 the leaves unfold so as to show the 

 lower stalks, notice that the tip of the 



hood is not bent over, but is in a straight, pointed roll ; only after it imfolds 

 does the tip bend over Jack. The Jack or the central part in the flower 

 is the club or spadix, around the base of which the flowers are set. Note 

 that the flowers are at the base of the spadix, protected by the tube 

 made by the lower part of the hood. Sometimes the pistillate and stamj^ 



Jack-in-tlic-lHilpil showing corm 

 and rootlets. 



