Part V.—Leaves

How to look at a Leaf 135

The most Wonderful Thing in the World 138

How a Plant is built 142

How a Plant’s Food is cooked 143

A Steep Climb 147

How a Plant perspires 148

How a Plant stores its Food 149

Leaf Green and Sunbeam 151

Plant or Animal? 154

How we are helped by Leaf Green and Sunbeam 156

How a Plant breathes 158

The Diligent Tree 160

Leaves and Roots 162

Leaf Veins 165

Leaf Shapes 167

Hairy Leaves 170

Woolly and “Dusty” Leaves 172

Prickles and Poison 174

Some Cruel Traps 176

More Cruel Traps 181

The Fall of the Leaf 184