50 JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT 



the world over because it had such a wonderful 

 appetite for flies. 



Sallie has seen Venus's Fly-trap at Kew Gar- 

 dens, near London. She was there last year in 

 April, so she saw also its white blossoms. These 

 grow on stems much higher than the leaves and 

 have just five white petals. At Kew the plants were 

 shown as very great curiosities, and so many peo- 

 ple went to see them that a guard stood close 

 by, asking every one not to give them anything 

 to eat. 



" They have been overfed to-day," he said, 

 " and their traps are not working." 



In America, Venus's Fly-trap grows in very few 

 places. One of these is near Wilmington, in 

 North Carolina. But Tommy says it has a rela- 

 tive that grows in bogs near here, called Sundew. 



Another thing that Sallie learned In England 

 is that there Jacks-In-the-pulpIt are called Lords 

 and Ladies. The ones most green are the Ladies, 

 and the ones with purple stripes are Lords. 



Tommy said to Grandmother: "No matter 

 where you are In the woods the Preacher never 

 lets you forget him. I'm just as fond of him 

 when his pulpit has fallen to pieces and he has 

 turned into a beautiful cluster of red berries, as I 

 am when he first comes, and has about him Wind- 

 flowers and Hue-anemones, Bloodroots, Dog's- 

 tooth Violets and a whole gay company." 



All through our woods I have noticed other 



