... pollen.[Pg 25] The last of the four kinds of parts is found in the center of the flower, and is called the pistil. It is this part which forms the fruit and incloses the seed. The stamens and the pistil ... other time of the year. The plan of branching, the position, number, size, form, color, and surface of buds, as well as the arrangement of the leaves within the bud and the peculiarities of ... in the color of the heart-wood, the character of the annual layers, and the size and the distribution of the medullary rays, afford enough peculiarities to distinguish any one from all others.[Pg...