WILD FLOWERS 
JACK=IN-THE=PULPIT. INDIAN TURNIP 
Arisaéma triphjllum. Arum Family. 
HE is a floral jack-in-the-box that has been a 
delight to every child east of the Mississippi 
Valley since Columbus popularized American tours. 
And its bright red berries and large, solid bulb tickled 
the palates of our dear old Indians many years previous 
to this great and most eventful proposition. There 
is nothing solemn about this curiously constructed 
flower — indeed, it is very amusing, if not ridiculous, 
Jack is not a preacher. Far from it — he is a peeper, 
popping up here and there in shady nooks where he 
erects his artistic summer house, and is ever on the 
lookout to surprise us in our woodland rambles during 
May. The violently acrid bulb is exceeding fiery to 
the taste, and has been used as a remedy for asthma, 
whooping-cough and rheumatism. 
The Indian Turnip is a perennial herb, and growa 
from about one to three feet in height. Each plant 
bears one or two large, spreading, three-parted leaves, 
which overtop the flower hood. The strongly ribbed, 
broad, oval leaflets taper at the tip, and are set on long; 
round, smooth stems, that are sheathed toward the 
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