Plants Growing in Rich or Rocky 
Soil: Deep Woods and Hillsides. 
In the deep woods spring ts not proclaimed by the blasting 
of trumpets and the waving of gaudy banners. The inhab- 
tants creep in softly and gravely and take their places ; for 
the timid, the elfish, the proud and the solemn are all alike 
in their love of the silence and shadows of their home. They 
shrink from rather than attract the attention of passers by ; 
and when seeking them we are impressed with the idea of 
intrusion. We are not invited to thetr revels. It ts the 
buzzing bee, the singing birds and the bright little animals 
that make merry with them. And when they are sorrowful 
and the seasons are dark, so that gleams of sunshine come but 
feebly through the tree tops; the dripping moisture 1s 
Nature's lamentation with them. 
JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT. INDIAN TURNIP. (Plate ZXX.) 
Artsema triphyllum. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Arum. Green and pinkish purple. Scentless. General. April, May. 
Flowers ; tiny; clustered at the base of a fleshy spadix, which is enveloped 
by a spathe, the point curving gracefully over the spadix. Leaves: two only ; 
of three ovate, pointed leaflets that rise far above the spathe. Scafe: erect; 
pinkish. Corm : turnip-shaped and abounding in farinaceous matter. /7vzzt: 
a mass of scarlet berries. 
“ Jack-in-the-pulpit 
Preaches to-day, 
Under the green trees 
Just over the way. 
