PERE Vi LEAVES 
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O-DAY we begin to learn what we can about 
the leaves of plants. I hope that enough fresh 
-green leaves have been brought to school to allow 
every child here to have one on the desk before him, 
so that he may see, as far as is possible, just what 
is being talked about. 
This picture (Fig. 133) shows you the leaf of the 
quince. Now, suppose you held in your hand a leaf 
fresh from the quince tree, and were 
asked to describe it to a blind person, NE 
how would you tell about it? 
You would begin, I fancy, by saying, 
eebiais Jeat is ereen, for the’ color..of 
an object is one of the things we notice 
first. 
Next perhaps you would describe its 
shape. ‘‘This quince leaf is rounded, 
yet it is too long to be called a round 
leaf.” So you would use the word 
“oblong.” 
Like most leaves, then, it is green; and like some 
other leaves, it is oblong. 
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