tfnc HelgTit of eighteen or twenty 

 -2vet, To the procuring as many of 

 the? Sorts, as can be gotten from the 

 -Countries of their Growth, will be 

 adding to the Variety of our ever- 

 green Plantations, which can't be 

 coo much propagated in England ; 

 -where in general our Winters are 

 ?rmpernt2 enough for them to thrive 

 to Advantage : and as the Sorts, 

 "which are a little more tender than 

 <t ! ie others, obtain Strength, they 

 will be in lefs Danger of fufFering 

 by fevere Winter?, as we find by 

 many other Plants, which were fo 

 ^nder as not to live in the open Air 

 ?t frit, but now defy the fevereft 

 Cold of our Climate. 



JUSTICIA. This Plant was fo 

 named by the late Dr. Houfoun, in 

 Honour to James Ju/iire, Efq; a 

 ;*reat Lover and Encourager of Gar- 

 dening and Botany. 



The Char a tiers are ; 



ft hath an anomalous Tlo-xver con- 

 £fling of one Ltatfa ivhich is divided 

 into tivo Lips almof to the Bottom, the 

 under one being, for the mofl part, 

 mfire ; hut the upper Lip is divided 

 into t~vo : theF/onvers arc fucceeded by 

 rnvrrftd fpear-JhapcdFruit,ivhichha<ue 

 me Cell, containing many fiat Seeds. 



Dr. Linn/eus has joined to this Ge- 

 nus the Adhatod.z of Tournefort, and 

 the Ecbolium of Rivinus : but if the 

 Fruit is admitted as a charafteriftic 

 Not", they cannot be joined toge- 

 ther; the Adhatoda having a bicap- 

 fbfar Pod, whereas the Pod of the 

 Juficia is unicapfular. 

 The Species are; 



I. Justicia annua, hex angular i 

 raule, foliis eirctese conjugafis, flare 

 miniato. Houfl. Annual Jufticia, 

 with an hexangular Stalk, Inchan- 

 •ter^s Nightfhade-leaves growing op- 

 pofite, nnd a carmine Flower. 



?. ]u*t 1 C I a frutpfrens, JJoribus 

 fpicutis viajoribus, ztno verfu difpofi-. 



J u 



tis. Houf. Shrubby Jufticia, wrtfy. 

 larger Flowers growing in Spikes, 

 appearing on one Side of the Stalk. 



Th°fe two Plants were difcovered 

 by the late Dr. Houfoun, at La Vera 

 Cruz, from whence he fent the Seeds 

 and Specimens to England. The 

 firft Sort grows about two or three 

 Feet high, and periflies foon after 

 the Seeds are ripe ; but the fecond 

 Sort grows to the Height of fix or 

 feven Feet, and divides into many 

 Branches, which become woody : at 

 the End of the Branches the Flowers 

 are produced in Spikes, which are 

 of a carmine Colour. 



Thefe Plants may be propagated 

 by Seeds, which mould be ibwa 

 early in the Spring in fmall Potst 

 filled with frelh light Earth, and 

 plunged into a moderate Hot-bed of 

 Tanners Bark. When the Plants 

 begin to appear, the Glafles of the 

 Hot-bed Ihould be railed every Day 9 

 when the Weather is warm, to ad- 

 mit frefh Air to them. The Plants 

 rnuft alfo be frequently watered in 

 warm Weather. 



When the Plants are about two- 

 Inches high, they fhould be care- 

 fully taken up, and each tranfplant- 

 ed into a feparate fmall Pot filled 

 with frefh light Earth, and then 

 plangcd into the Hot- bed again, be- 

 ing careful to water and lhade them 

 until they have taken new Root g 

 after which time they Ihould have 

 Air admitted to them every Day, in 

 proportion to the Warmth of the 

 Seafon. 



As the Plants advance in their 

 Growth, they mould be fhifted into 

 larger Pots; for if their Roots are 

 too much confined, the Plants will 

 not make any confiderabie Progrefs : 

 but they fhould not be over-potted ; 

 for that will be of worfe Confe- 

 quence than under-potting them ; 

 becaufe when they are planted m 



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