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MANUAL OF NATURE 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- 
