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Home Nature-Study Course. 



Photo by Verne Morton. 



Sweet white violets growing on a mossy log. 



violets. Each drawing 

 may be followed by a 

 page containing some 

 appropriate quotation 

 from botany, poetry or 

 other literature, and also 

 notes by the pupil. 



References . — Mathew's 

 Field Book of Amer- 

 ican "Wild Flowers; 

 Nature's Garden, Blan- 

 chan; Brown & Britton's 

 Botany. 



Lesson XLV. 



A VIOLET. 



Object. — To make the 

 pupil familiar with the 

 different species of 

 violets, their resem- 

 blances and differences. 



Material. — This lesson 

 should be given with 

 every species brought 

 in for study. 



Observations: 



(i). Describe the locality and general nature of the soil where the 

 violet was found. 



(2). Sketch or describe the shape of the leaf, paying particular atten- 

 tion to its margin and noting if it is rolled toward the stem at its base. 



(3). Is the leaf stem longer or shorter than the leaf? 



(4). Does the leaf stem spring from the root or does it branch from 

 another stem? Are the leaves opposite or alternate? 



(5). Is there a stipule (a small leaf-like structure) where the leaf 

 stem joins the main stem? If so is it toothed on the edge? 



(6). What is the color of the leaf above ? Below? 



(7). Are the leaves and stems downy and velvety or smooth and 

 glossy? 



