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WAYSIDE WEEDS. 



We have, it is true, severed them from a mass of 

 straight-veiued neighbours ; but, even now, when 

 we come to look into them, their number and form 

 seem endless. We do not look long, however, be- 

 fore we find another line of distinction among them- 

 selves. You know the leaf of the wild rose (Fig. 



Fio. 7S.— CoDipound Pinnate Lpaf of Eone. The segments of the leaf, a, ovate, 

 with an scute apex and serrated margin; b, etipnles ; c, seta or prickle. 



73), of the bramble (Fig, 29), of the clover (Fig. 

 74), of some of our old friends of the umbel-bearing 

 class (Fig. 36), and perhaps of the ash-tree, and 

 lastly of the vetch (Fig. 34). Put any or all of 

 these beside the leaf of the oak (Fig, 75), of the 



