14 MANUAL OF NATURB STUDY. 



For mounting and preserving leaves, the teacher 

 is referred to Howe's Systematic Science Teaching, 

 page 122, D. Appleton & Company. 



Drawings. — 1. An apple leaf with its petiole and 

 venation. 2. A peach leaf with petiole and vena- 

 tion. 3. A grape leaf with petiole and venation. 

 4. Sycamore leaf. 5. Maple leaf. 6. Oak leaves of 

 several kinds. 7. A group of buckeye leaves from 

 one bud. 8. A walnut leaf. 9. "A Heaven Tree" 

 leaf, and, 10. Locust leaves. 



Note. — The teacher may make drawing upon 

 the board to illustrate method of representation, but 

 in no case should the pupils be permitted to draw 

 from a copy. The drawing by the teacher should 

 be immediately erased and the attention of the 

 pupils be directed to the leaf itself. 



3. Autumn Flowers. — Gentian, golden rod, aster, 

 Jamestown or "jimson weed," sunflower, and thistle. 



a. Collection of. b. Study typical forms, c. 

 Drawings, d. Descriptions both oral and written. 



After a comparative review of work suggested in 

 the first year, the following facts should be estab- 

 lished as far as possible in regard to each plant: 



1. Where found, whether in cultivated fields 

 and in heaps of rubbish and rich places as in the 

 case of jimson weed, or along the country road 

 side as in the case of the golden rod, in dry pas-, 



