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leaves. What do you see? (A little green dot.) 

 We will watch and see what becomes of it. [They 

 will find later that this " green dot " changes into a 

 leaf.] Only one ? Is its shape the same as that of 

 the two ? Draw the two leaves side by side on the 

 board. 



But this was not all that the " little dot " contained, 

 for they see a small bud pushing right past the leaf ; 

 and what has it? (Another leaf and a bud.) On 

 which side of the stem does this leaf grow ? (On the 

 side opposite to the other.) [Later the children find 

 that the leaves all grow out in this way, — first, one on 

 one side, then one on the other. They admire the 

 beauty of the shape of the leaf and its delicate tex- 

 ture. They notice the veining and illustrate at the 

 board.] Why does it have these veins ? (They are 

 the troughs through which the sap passes to all parts 

 of the leaf. They also hold the leaf out, giving it its 

 shape, and allowing the sun, air, and moisture to reach 

 all parts of it.) But why are the vines stretching out 

 their arms to us so pleadingly? (They wish us to 

 help them to stand.) What shall we do for them ? 

 (Give them strings for support.) 



[After a while the children notice something grow- 

 ing in the axils of the leaves.] What is it ? We will 



