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THE FLORIST'S JOURNAL. 
speaking, it is that division of a flower next above the 
calyx, and is composed of one or more parts, termed 
petals ; occasionally it is entirely absent, when the calyx 
or even the bracts are usually found to be coloured. 
Corollattts. Bearing a corolla. 
Corolliferus. Supporting the corolla. 
Corollula. A floret, or diminutive flower. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
A. F. — The following are 
termed indispensable to every 
Eastern Species. 
Aerides odoratum major, 
crispum. 
Saccolabium guttatum. 
Dendrobium densiflorum. 
nobile. 
moschatum. 
Vanda teres. 
cristata. 
Roxburghii. 
Phalcenopsis amabile. 
Phaius Wallichii. 
Angraecum caudatum. 
twenty-four species of Orcbidea; that may be 
complete collection : — 
Western Species. 
Stanhopea oculata. 
tigrina. 
insignis. 
Cattleya Mossise. 
labiata. 
Skinnerii. 
Odontoglossum grande. 
Miltonia spectabilis. 
Trichopelia tortilis. 
Oncidium Lanceanum. 
Lycaste Skinnerii. 
Sobralia macrantha. 
Generally speaking, the Western species are of easier culture, and are on 
the whole more beautiful. 
T. Wild. — Your seedling varieties of Primula sinensis are very beauti¬ 
ful ; the crimson one is the best we ever saw. 
A Subscriber. — We think Rosy Circle the better of the two mentioned. 
T. X. — We cannot discover any difference in the Chrysanthemum sent 
and the old variety called Minerva. 
LIST OF NEW PLANTS. 
RuBiACEiE. — Tetrandria Monogynia. 
Ixora odorata. We have been much gratified by the sight of a noble 
specimen of this splendid and highly odoriferous shrub, fhe leaves vie in 
size and almost in firmness of texture with those of the Indian Caoutchouc 
tree ( Ficus elastica'), while the numerous flowers, of the most delicious 
odour, form a spreading panicle, a foot or more in diameter, with deep red- 
purple branches ; each blossom 4 to 5 inches in length ; the tube red below, 
white above; the white buds tipped with rose-colour; the spieading seg¬ 
ments of the limb white, soon twisted, and then changing to buff. The 
