10. 
THE RADISH 
up. Notice where they join the radish. Can you 
find one or more pink scales? How many? 
Examine the leaves of the radish. What are they 
covered with? Break off a leaf: now shut your 
eyes and touch this leaf gently to your forehead ; 
to your lips; to your cheek. Did you notice 
anything peculiar ? 
Examine the edge of a leaf. This is somewhat 
‘“saw-toothed.”” Compare it with the leaves of 
the blackberry and the pear in the plates. 
Look along the leaf stem. Can you find one pair 
of small green leaves or leaflets below the main 
body of the leaf that look like squirrels ears 2 
See if you can find a leaf with one pair of “ squir- 
rel’s ears”’; a leaf with two pairs; a leaf with 
three pairs. 
If you examine a leaf in its widest part you may 
find a pair of notches. Below the notches are the 
“ squirrel’s ears.”” Look carefully, and you will 
see a thin line of green joining the ‘“squirrel’s 
ears’ to the wide part. 
Look at several leaves, and you will find one that 
seems to have a great many leaflets along the 
side of the stem. If you examine these leaflets 
