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Sometimes a large leaf is cut up into 
several little leaves. These little leaves 
are called ‘leaflets.’’ 
The clover leaf (Fig. 148) has 
three leaflets. 
The locust leaf (Fig. 149) is 
cut into a great many leaflets. 
The edge of one ‘leat (Pig: his) 
smooth, while that of another is cut into Fic. 148 
little teeth (Fig. 151) like the teeth of a saw. 
I should like to know how many of you 
children, without looking even at a picture 
FIG. 147 
save such as you carry in that little gallery 
in your head, could describe cor- 
rectly the shapes of some of our 
common leaves. I should lke to 
ask you to draw on the blackboard 
the rough outlines of any leaves 
FIG. 150 
that you remember. If you think 
cles KS you could not do this, will you not 
SS try, when next you see a leaf, to 
carry off in your mind such a pic- 
Fic. 149 ture of it as to enable you to outline 
