THE LEAF. 
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Did yon ever see the frame of a house before it 
was covered with boards ? Did you ever see the bony 
frame of an animal with all its flesh gone ? All the 
veins of a leaf, taken together, are often spoken of as 
its frame. 
Can you now point out the parts of any leaf you 
find? Can you tell whether it is net- or parallel- 
veined ? Do you know feather-veined from palmate- 
veined leaves ? 
In place of reciting to your teacher a lesson learned 
from a book, you may find the answers to two ques¬ 
tions on each of the leaves you have gathered, and 
give them in writing as you see done in the following 
schedule. The first question is, What parts has it? 
The second is. What is its venation ? 
Fig. 9. 
Schedule First, describing Fig. 9. 
Parts ? 
^H$/ac/e, 
Venation ? 
QAel=vetn ec/. 
This has been done for Fig. 9 to show you how to 
proceed. Have by you a good many pieces of paper 
