. An encyclopædia of agriculture : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and of the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture. ts of China, Dr. Abel considers it might begrown there, if desirable, to such an extent as to supersede the necessity of procuring itfrom China. It grows well in St. Helena and Rio Janeiro, and will grow any where ina meagre soil and moderate temperature. 969. The culture of the tea plant in China has been given by various authors. It israised from
. An encyclopædia of agriculture : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and of the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture. ts of China, Dr. Abel considers it might begrown there, if desirable, to such an extent as to supersede the necessity of procuring itfrom China. It grows well in St. Helena and Rio Janeiro, and will grow any where ina meagre soil and moderate temperature. 969. The culture of the tea plant in China has been given by various authors. It israised from seeds sown where the plants are lo remain. Three or more are dropped intoa hole four or five inches deep; these come up without further trouble, and requirelittle culture, except that of removing weeds, till the plants are three years old. Themore careful stir the soil, and-some manure it ; but the latter practice is seldom third year the leaves are gathered, at three successive gatherings, in February,April, and June, and so on till the bushes become stinted or tardy in their growth,whirh generally happens in from six to ten years. They are then cut-in to encouragethe production of fresh shoots. Book I. AGRICULTURE IN ASIA. 157. 970. The gathering of the leaves is performed with care and selection. The leave-;are plucked oil one by one: at the first gathering only the unexpanded and tender aretaken ; at the second, those that are full grown ; and at the third, the coarsest. Thefirst forms what is called in Europe imperial tea ; but of this and other names by whichtea is designated, the Chinese know nothing; and the compounds and names are sup-posed to be made and given by the merchants at Canton, who, from the great number ofvarieties brought to them, have an ample opportunity of doing so. These varieties,though numerous, and some of them very different, are yet not more so than the dif-ferent varieties of the grape ; they are now generally considered as belonging
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