CONTENTS. 
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Preface.... 3 
Suggestions to Teachers....... - 13 
Henslow’s Botanical Charts........ 15 
Chapter I.—TIIE LEAF.. .. 21 
Ex. 1. The Parts of a Leaf. 21 
2. Venation. 24 
3. The Margin of Leaves. 27 
4. The Base and Apex of the Leaf-Blade. 32 
5. The Forms of Lobes... 35 
6. The Shapes of Leaves. 38 
7. The Petiole, Colors, Surfaces..... . 44 
8. How to tell Compound Leaves. 46 
9. Parts of Compound Leaves. 48 
10. Varieties of Pinnate and Digitate Leaves. 50 
11. Stipules and Leaf-Schedules. 55 
12. How to describe Leaves without Schedules. 56 
Chap. II.—THE STEM. 57 
Ex. 13. The Parts of Stems. 57 
14. Venation. 60 
15. Winter Buds. 65 
16. Arrangement of Leaves on the Stem. 67 
17. Radical Leaves.. 70 
18. Attitude of Stems. 72 
19. Shapes of Stems . 75 
20. Color, Surface, Size, Structure... 76 
21. Underground Stems... 77 
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