James Justice (horticulturalist) explained

Sir James Justice (1698–1763) was a Scottish horticulturalist/gardener. His works on gardening, such as The Scots Gardiner and The British Gardener, were distributed in much of Britain and Ireland. He reportedly had a passion for botanical experiments, which he pursued at the expense of his finances and family.^[1] His divorce and expulsion from the Fellowship in the Royal Society has been blamed on the expenses he put into greenhouses and soil mixtures. He is nevertheless a noted figure in Scottish gardening with a claim to be the father of it.^[2] He had a son from his second marriage.^[3] The genus Justicia is named for him.^[4]

Bibliography

• The British gardener's new director : chiefly adapted to the climate of the northern counties: directing the necessary works in the kitchen, fruit and pleasure gardens, and in the nursery, greenhouse, and stove. 5th edition 1771

Notes and References

1. James Justice (1698-1763): Eighteenth-Century Scots Horticulturalist and Botanist-1 . 1586366 . 10.2307/1586366 . Minay . Priscilla . Garden History . 1973 . 1 . 2 . 41–62 .
2. https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:357NrWc4M-cJ:www.davidsonia.org/files/scottish_16_1.pdf+%22james+justice%22+scottish&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjbAf_zRUQXdq8z47tWMtYdvZ_ICEFerRoAhJ7-BE810pN9zuWo_1_IA1XFHr2PRhBlOGhZJPKAN_Yh2me-rIc8e-ES4DEonD0AJPCUt4ESc7xvRAcAAwE_IVo55nr7Dm4XKXG8&sig=AHIEtbTpoPL4X47YWdMWChz709UQm13YRA Davidsonia: A Journal of Botanical Garden Science Volume 16, Number 1
3. Book: Kay, John . A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings . 1838 . 1, Part 2 . 317.
4. Book: Richardson, Alfred . Plants of Deep South Texas: A Field Guide to the Woody and Flowering Species . 2011 . Texas A&M University Press . 978-1-60344-680-8 . 51.