THE LEAF. 
45 
The schedule is now made up of the following ten 
questions: 
While in a book we must 
give a fixed order of exercises, 
it is well if teachers use their 
own judgment in folio wing this 
order. Often much will be 
gained by changing it. There 
are minds that demand vari¬ 
ety, or their interest flags; 
and the minds of children, 
especially, are liable to grow 
weary of continued attention 
to one class of objects. Before 
proceeding with the exercises 
upon compound leaves, it may, 
therefore, be advisable to turn 
to the chapter upon the In¬ 
florescence, or that upon the 
Flower, and occupy a little 
time with the opening exercise 
in which the names of parts 
are brought before the mind. 
The identification and naming 
of the parts of flowers will be 
easier to most children than 
finding the differences be¬ 
tween simple and compound 
leaves; while dealing with an- . 
other and more showy portion 
of the plant will stimulate the attention. 
The use of schedule fifth should, however, still be kept up, 
and, after a little while, the pupil will come back to the study 
of compound leaves with a fresh relish for the subject. 
Schedule Fifth. 
Parts ? 
Yenation ? 
Margin ? 
Base ? 
Apex '( 
Lobes ? 
Shape ? 
Petiole ? 
Color ? 
Surface ? 
