Jack-in-the-pulpit

Jack-in-the-pulpit

Jack-in-the-pulpit

It’s easy to see how this little plant got its name. It looks like a
little man in a pulpit, ready to give a sermon. It’s called
Jack-in-the-pulpit because “Jack” is an­other word for a man or boy, just
as “Jill” means a girl.

Jack-in-the-pulpit is sometimes called Indian turnip. That’s because
Indians used to eat the root, which looks some­what like a turnip. The
Indians didn’t eat the roots raw, though. The roots have poison in them.
The Indians let the roots dry in the sun for a long time. That got rid
of the poison.

Jack-in-the-pulpit has a relative that grows in England and other parts
of Eu­rope. It looks much like Jack-in-the-pulpit, but is called a
cuckoopint.

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Is preaching today.

What do you think

He is going to say?

I’m sure I know well

The message he’ll bring:

Be glad for a green world!

Be glad it is spring!

Jack-in-the-Pulpit Leland B. Jacobs