. St. Nicholas [serial]. ile away. It wasabout as thick as a man, and rosestraight up ten or fifteen feet or thereabouts, and went out of sight. We did not see orhear anything more, and, after waiting a little, I wentdown to the place. The place is a rather swampy mow-ing which we do not plow. It is quite rough, and hassmall trees and bushes scattered about in it. There arewoods beyond, with a brook, which is about four feet mate aerolites and smoke-trails as being near athand, when they are really many miles away.—Professor Cleveland Abbe, Weather Bureau,Washington. variations in leaves. Oakl
. St. Nicholas [serial]. ile away. It wasabout as thick as a man, and rosestraight up ten or fifteen feet or thereabouts, and went out of sight. We did not see orhear anything more, and, after waiting a little, I wentdown to the place. The place is a rather swampy mow-ing which we do not plow. It is quite rough, and hassmall trees and bushes scattered about in it. There arewoods beyond, with a brook, which is about four feet mate aerolites and smoke-trails as being near athand, when they are really many miles away.—Professor Cleveland Abbe, Weather Bureau,Washington. variations in leaves. Oakland, St. Nicholas : I was making some picturesof leaves, and I noticed that my pansy leaves were alldifferent. I have made four different kinds on a pieceof paper and am going to send them to you. Deborah Dunning. Wilkes Barre, St. Nicholas : I wish to know why threedifferent kinds of leaves grow on the same stem ; willyou please tell me? I inclose you a sample. friend, T. Allen Mills, VARIOUS FORMS OF LEAVES ON ONE BRANCH OF SASSAFRAS. Note that the three forms are distinct in the small as well as in the large leaves. Some plants and trees have each leaves of thesame general type. Yet even among these aclose examination will reveal the fact that notwo are exactly alike. Other plants and trees have leaves of two wide and averages about nine inches deep, running or more distinctly different types. Perhaps through it. The smoke rose on the north side of aclump of elm-trees which were about ten feet tall. Idid not see anything unusual at the place. Can youexplain this? Your interested reader, Augustus W. Aldrich (age 16). the most common and marked example is inthe leaves of the sassafras. On one branchmay be found three distinctly different designs—the solid form with unbroken outline, the mitten form, and the three-pronged form. Note the variations in size in relation toApparently a small explosion of gunpowder the best lighted parts of the
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