10. Seed-time among hepaticas is very interesting. Notice what becomes of the three small, leaf-like parts that were underneath the flower. How many seeds are there? 11. How long do you think the leaves of hepatica remain on the plant? Do you suppose they remain green all winter? 12. What becomes of the hepatica plant after it blossoms? Did you ever see one in summer? Describe. LEAFLET LVII. JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT.[75] BY ALICE G. McCLOSKEY. (Compare Leaflet XLI.) [75] Junior Naturalist Monthly, April, 1903. [Illustration] They call him Jack-in-the-Pulpit, he stands up so stiff and so queer On the edge of the swamp, and waits for the flower-folk to come and hear The text and the sermon, and all the grave things that he has to say; But the blossoms they laugh and they dance, they are wilder than ever to-day; And as nobody stops to listen, so never a word has he said; But there in his pulpit he stands, and holds his umbrella over his head, And we have not a doubt in our minds, Jack, you are wisely listening, To the organ-chant of the winds, Jack, and the tunes that the sweet birds sing! LUCY LARCOM. "It is Indian turnip," said I. "No," said Grandmother, "it's memory root. If you taste it once you will never forget it." And what Grandmother said to me so long ago, I say to every boy and girl, "If you taste it once you will never forget it." But of all the names for this strange little wood plant, I like Jack-in-the-pulpit best. Though never a word has it said in our lifelong acquaintance, it has been a helpful little "country preacher" to me. As we go into the woods this year, let us make up our minds that we will know more than we ever have known before of its interesting life. Where do you find the Jack-in-the-pulpit? In what kind of soil does it grow? How does it first come up? What is the shape of the root? One is enough for the whole class to study and it should be planted again. We do not want the Jack-in-the-pulpit to disappear from our woods. Does the little hood fold over at first? The hood or "umbrella" is not the flower. You will find the flowers on the little central stalk that you call "Jack." See whether the blossoms are alike. Look at the blossoms on several plants. Place a stick by the side of one of these plants so that you will know it later in the year when the Jack-in-the-pulpit has disappeared. Notice whether there are insects in the lower part of the flower stalk. If so, can they get out? When the blossom has gone, look for the seeds. What color are they in June? In August? Have you any house plant that you think is related to Jack-in-the-pulpit? [Illustration: _Fig. 313. Tubers of Jack-in-the-pulpit, or Indian turnip._] LEAFLET LVIII. THE DANDELION.[76] BY ALICE G. McCLOSKEY and L. H. BAILEY. [76] Supplement to Junior Naturalist Monthly, May, 1904. [Illustration]