THE 
FLORIST’S JOURNAL 
April, 1844. 
INGA HARRISII. 
WITH AN ILLUSTRATION. 
The extensive, varied, and very important group of plants, 
collected into the natural order Leguminosce , does not contain, 
in our opinion, a more delicately beautiful object than the one 
we have now the pleasure of noticing, our inducement to which 
is to be attributed to its individual loveliness, and the accom¬ 
modating character of the genus. This particular species, how¬ 
ever, is one which certainly deserves far more attention from 
all who delight in floral beauties than it appears to have met. 
It is a plant of the most easy culture, apparently capable of 
being made all that can be desired of a winter flowering plant; 
the habit is free and vigorous, the foliage neat and pleasing, 
and the flowers most abundantly produced and beautiful. Our 
figure, which is but a small sprig taken from a plant in the 
collection of J. H. Schroder, Esq., of Brixton, can convey but a 
faint idea of the appearance of a well-grown plant, from four to 
five feet in height, and nearly as much in diameter, when 
covered, as it may be had, with its very specious inflorescence. 
Its history appears to be involved in obscurity : no authentic 
information of its introduction, or from whence obtained, being 
preserved, the special name was adopted in compliment to 
-Harris, Esq., of Kingsbury; and we are indebted to Mr. 
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