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FLOWER-LAND. 



In this buttercup you see leaves growing here and 

 there upon the stem. These are 

 stem leaves. fe/~Fig. 2, p. 4.) Stem 

 leaves grow singly, in pairs in 

 rings round the stem, and in other 

 ways. Sometimes they are without 

 any stalks, and pass some way 



Fig. 1 6. A simple leaf; down the Stem, 

 heart-shaped. 



But you have to notice the shape 

 and surface of leaves, as well as the 

 way in which they grow upon the 

 plant. So take a buttercup, or a 

 daisy, or a dandelion leaf. You see 

 they are of one single piece. The 

 buttercup leaf is a good deal di- 

 vided, but still it is all in one piece. 

 These are called simple leaves. 

 Figs. 1 6, 17, 1 8. (cf Figs. I, 2, 9, 13.) 



But if you now pick a leaf of the 

 ash tree, or the wild rose, or the 

 common clover, you will find it 

 very different. It has several 

 pieces upon its one stalk. A leaf 

 of this kind is called compound, and 

 each of its little pieces or little 

 leaves is called a leaflet. Fig. 19. 

 fc/Figs. 5, 15, 30.) 



Fig. 18. Half a divided How beautifully this rose leaf is 

 but simple leaf. notched along its edges, the dande- 



Fig. 17. A simple leaf. 



