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the Lords being the highly colored purple ones 

 and the Ladies the more modest greenish ones. 



You can generally find small flies within the 

 Jack-in-the-pulpit blossoms. These carry the 

 pollen from the stamen-bearers to the pistil-bear- 

 ers and so bring about pollination. After this the 

 stamen-bearing blossoms fade away while the 



CORMS OF jACK-IN-THE-PULPIT 



pistil-bearing blossoms develop green berries 

 which become bright red toward the end of sum- 

 mer. 



This plant is a very widely distributed species, 

 being found from Nova Scotia to Florida and 

 west as far as Minnesota and Louisiana. 



"Jack-in-the-PuIpit 

 Preaches to-day 

 Under the green leaves 

 Just over the way." 



