CHAPTER X 
THE FULL-GROWN PLANT, ETC. (Continued) 
IV. LEAVES 
The colour of leaves. In the spring and summer gather 
leaves of different plants in the garden, field, and woods. 
Examine those of many more. In the autumn or win- 
ter, plants in greenhouses or those grown in the room 
will furnish leaves for observation. What colours do 
the different leaves have? The oak, holly, maple, elm, 
strawberry, dandelion, maize, bean, pea are all green 
in colour. 
Do you think that all leaves are green? Look further. 
Maybe you will see in some garden a copper beech, or 
birch, with leaves that are copper-coloured or brown, 
especially those that are on the ends of the new shoots. 
They are not so bright when they get older. They 
then show shades of brown and green. In the garden 
or in the greenhouse you may see leaves that are red, 
brown, or partly green and partly white. The coleus 
plant has variegated leaves, part of the leaf being green, 
and the middle part white (see Fig. 148). Many of you 
know the ribbon grass, striped white and oreen. Why 
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