Justicia tamca. Natural Order: Acanthacece—Acanthus Family. 
LL the Justicias are half-shrubby plants from the tropical 
portions of the world, some of which are kept in the hot- 
house, and others, though few, in the greenhouse. The 
Justicia carnea has flowers of a flesh-colored tint, with many 
bloom at one time, which appear successively for a long 
{^season. Justicia coccinea has scarlet blossoms which make 
, their appearance during mid-winter, continuing until spring. There 
are some four or five other varieties, and all are fine plants. To 
; make them fine, healthy specimens, they require a strong light, or to 
’be kept near the glass, in moderately large pots, well drained. 
j J ER form was fresher than the morning rose 
When the dew wets its leaves; unstained and pure 
As is the lily, or the mountain snow. — Thompson. 
ATO wonder that cheek, in its beauty transcendant, 
Excelleth the beauty of others by far; 
No wonder that eye is so rich and resplendent, 
For your heart is a rose, and your soul is a star. 
— Mrs. Osgood. 
'Y'HE fairness of her face no tongue can tell, 
For she the daughters of all woman race, 
And angels eke in beautie doth excel. —Spenser. 
T'HOU art beautiful, young lady,— 
But I need not tell you this, 
For few have borne, unconsciously, 
The spell of loveliness. 
— Whittier. 
TTTHAT’S female beauty, but an air divine, 
Through which the mind’s all gentle graces 
shine? 
They, like the sun, irradiate all between; 
The body charms, because the soul is seen. 
— Ton jig. 
A LAVISH planet reign’d 
And made her of such 
She seems more heav’n’s tl 
AT7HEN I approach 
Her loveliness, so absolute she seems 
And in herself complete, so well to know 
Her own, that what she wills to do or say 
Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best. 
— Milton. 
when she was born, 
kindred mould to heav’n, 
ian ours. —Lee. 
