LOGWOOD 
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Is the colour always the same?" asked one of 
the boys. 
3. " We may get many shades, varying from 
pale-blue to blue-black/' said the teacher. ^'The 
more wood we use the darker the dye becomes. 
Foliage of the Logwood Tree. 
And men have found out how to change the dye 
into different colours, by adding other things to 
it." 
Most of the boys knew the logwood trees, for 
some grew not far away from their school. 
4. They knew that the leaf has eight or ten 
leaflets, growing in pairs on the leaf-stalk, and 
