. The first book of botany : designed to cultivate the observing powers of children. iiale. Base? &€cale. Apex? Q^a77^tna^e. Lobes ? Sinuses ? and we must be careful not to anticipate the work which be-longs to a higher stage of the pupils progress. The accountsof tissues, structures, and functions, add nothing to the under-standing of plant-forms, and they afford proper subjects forfuture exercises in observation, to be given in a second we have presented is eminently adapted to childhood,when sense-impressibility, and curiosity about appearances arestrongest, and before the reflect
. The first book of botany : designed to cultivate the observing powers of children. iiale. Base? &€cale. Apex? Q^a77^tna^e. Lobes ? Sinuses ? and we must be careful not to anticipate the work which be-longs to a higher stage of the pupils progress. The accountsof tissues, structures, and functions, add nothing to the under-standing of plant-forms, and they afford proper subjects forfuture exercises in observation, to be given in a second we have presented is eminently adapted to childhood,when sense-impressibility, and curiosity about appearances arestrongest, and before the reflective powers are much apparent meagreness of these pages is, therefore, inten-tional. They might easily have been filled with interestingreading matter about plants, but that would have opened thedoor to lesson-learning and reciting, which is a thing we special-ly wish to prevent. THE LEAF. 39 EXERCISE XII. Shapes of Leaves. Compare leaves that are not lobed with the firstthiee groups of pictures. LEAVES THAT ARE BEOADEST m THE MHDDLE. Fig. 60. Fig. 61. Fig.
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