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two leaves? 
Now look at this picture (Fig. 134) of the maple leaf. 
What other differences do you notice between these 
This, you see, is not oblong, but three-pointed 
You do not seem quite sure as to whether there are 
any other differences. 
But do you not notice that the 
edge of the maple leaf is cut into little teeth, like the 
edge of a saw, while the edge of 
the quince leaf is smooth? 
And let me tell you here, that 
when I speak of a leaf, I speak 
not 
only of the enlarged flat 
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but-also of the “leatstalke— Atcas 
usually consists of a leafstalk and 
a leaf blade, though some leaves 
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are set so close to the stem that 
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they have no room for any stalks 
of their own. 
“Oh! then 
you answer, “the 
leafstalk of the maple is much 
longer than that of the quince, and there are little bits 
of leaves at the foot of the quince leafstalk which the 
maple is without.” 
You have done very well 
those things which you should 
and have noticed just 
The shape of the leaf blade, whether the edge of this 
is toothed, the length of the leafstalk, and whether this 
has any little leaves at its foot where it joins the stem 
are things always worth noticing 
Now take your leaves and hold them up against the 
