132 KEW GARDEN MUSEUM. 
Samples of various sorts of ordinary, but good, Teas of commerce, 
presented by Messrs. Twining. These are—Buackx Tea :—Congou 
(three qualities), Souchong, Plain Caper, Chulan Caper, Orange Pekoe, 
Scented Pekoe, Flowery Pekoe, Assam Souchong, and Assam Pekoe. 
Green Tra :—Tvwankay, Hyson (two qualities), Young Hyson or Pon- 
tazan (two qualities), Imperial, and Gunpowder Hyson. 
Large and small Black Ball Tea. These are made into balls: those 
of a small size are sold enveloped in paper made of Bamboo; those of 
larger size (about as large as a child’s playing-ball) are enveloped in 
the flowering sheaths of the Indian corn, Zea Mays, L., to preserve the 
aroma the better. (J. Reeves, Esq.) 
Old Man's Eyebrow Tea. This is done up in short twisted sticks, 
and perhaps bears allusion to the legend of some Chinese saint tearing 
off his eyebrows, and throwing them upon the ground, where they 
sprouted out into tea-plants; and representations of this wonderful 
transformation are not uncommon on Chinese screens, etc. 
Brick Tea, of which mention is made above (J. Reeves, Esq.) ; and 
very fine samples brought by Dr. Hooker from Tibet, together with the 
coarse tea-pots from Shigatzi, used by the Tibetans for preparing the 
beverage from it. The Tibetans Dr. Hooker met with in Eastern Nepal 
prepare a soup from the Brick-tea, of which a handful of leaves is 
churned up with salt, butter, and soda, then boiled and transferred to 
the tea-pots, whence it is poured scalding hot into each cup, which the 
. good woman of the house keeps incessantly replenishing and urging you 
to drain. 
Wheatsheaf Tea. Made in sticks, or long pieces, and tied up in 
. bundles like small sheaves. (J. Reeves, Esq.) 
_ Tea made expressly for the Emperor of China, presumed to be super- 
excellent. (Captain Pidding.) 
~ Assam Tea, from the Assam Tea Company. Six samples made from 
the indigenous Assam plant, and six from the Chinese plant grown in 
Assam, consisting of the following kinds, viz. Hyson (three qualities), 
. Congou (first class), Souchong (first class), and Flowery Pekoe. 
Kamaoun Tea, green and black. (A. Leach, Esq.) This and the 
— last are made in the East India Company's possessions, aud command 
. an extensive and an increasing sale. 
~ * Medicated Tea," from Chinese Tartary. (Her Grace the Duchess of 
Northumberland.) Probably the Pu-'rh tea mentioned by De Guignes ; 
