By this time I think you realize that leaves are well worth noticing. And when you have looked at a leaf so fully as to be able to carry in your mind its outline, I hope you will then discover whether it wears a coat of hair, or a dusty bloom, or a prickly armor, or a thick, evergreen skin, and that you will decide what enemies it is trying to escape.
SOME CRUEL TRAPS
Have you ever seen a leaf like the one in this picture (Fig. [152])?
It is shaped something like a pitcher; and the plant on which it grows has been named the “pitcher plant.”
Fig. 152
The pitcher plant lives in low, wet place, such as the shaded swamp, or the marsh down by the lake.
On account of its curious leaves it is brought to the cities, and is sold on the street corners or at the florists’.
In June comes the great flower of the pitcher plant. Sometimes this is a dull red; again it is a delicate pink or perhaps a light green; and it has faint, pleasant fragrance.