MARCH 33 



ice, another had lifted the ice as it pushed 

 up, and a thin sheet was propped slant- 

 ingly against it. A flower which is liable 

 to venture out so early must, of course, 

 be suitably provided with a good, stout 

 overcoat. 



Our humble friend is built like his more 

 pretentious, old-fashioned cousin the calla 

 lily, only on a more buxom scale. The 

 great white enfolding spathe of the calla 

 here becomes a purplish-red and firm coat, 

 and, while the calla keeps hundreds of 

 little flowers on the slender yellow rod that 

 sticks out of its back-turned white cape, 

 the skunk-cabbage clusters only about fifty 

 on its firm rounded head. 



But March is more congenial than Feb- 

 ruary even to this enterprising plant, and 

 this month sees the lurid cones pushing 

 their way through all our swamps, while 

 beside them soon will come the tender 

 green spears which are to unfold later into 

 the great, crisp, wide-spreading leaves 

 that have given the plant the name of 

 cabbage. 



