(99) 



2184. Coarse tea. — Consisting of large, entire leaves. Presented by Smith, Baker & 



Co., of New York. 



2185. Fine tea. — Consisting of small, broken leaves. Same donor. 



2186. Choicest Formosa Oolong tea. Oolong tea of first quality, produced in the 



island of Formosa. Same donor. 

 Numbers 2 187-2 194 are samples of choice black teas presented by Percy L. Johnson, 

 of New York City. 



2187. Another sample of choice Formosa tea. 



2187.1. Russian caravan tea. The choicest and rarest of teas: very rarely seen 

 in the New York market. 



2188. Java tea. 



2189. India tea. 



2190. Ceylon tea. 



2191. English breakfast tea. 



2192-2194 are samples of choice green teas from the same donor. 



2192. Gunpowder tea. 



2193. Japan tea. 



2194. Young Hyson. 



2195. Baled tea. — Selected large leaves, dried and packed with great care, for use by 



the Chinese. Presented by F. H. Leggett & Company, of New York. 



2196. A fancy-packed, fine Chinese tea, in oriental boxes. Presented by W. F. 



Gaynor, of New York. 



2197. Tea tablets. — Tea pressed into tablets, each sufficient for one cup of tea. 



2198. Tea flowers. — The dried flowers of the tea plant. Presented by Smith, 



Baker & Company, of New York. 



2199. Tea dust. — Tea reduced to the condition of a powder. Same donor. 



2200. Tea stems. — Fragments of the twigs on which the leaves are borne. They 



are used for the extraction of their contained caffeine. Same donor. 



2201. Theine or caffeine. — An alkaloid existing in tea, coffee, and some other 



plants. 



Mat£, or Paraguay Tea 



Numbers 2202-2208 represent Paraguay tea, or Mate 

 used as a beverage by the people of Paraguay and neigh- 

 boring countries, as tea is used in other lands. It consists 

 of the dried leaves of Ilex paraguariensis St. Hil. {Ilicaceae 

 — Holly Family), a native tree of the region named, and 

 largely cultivated there. Its mature leaves are dried and 

 coarsely powdered and are then ready for making an infu- 

 sion for drinking. These leaves contain less than one per 

 cent, of caffeine. The taste for this beverage is an acquired 

 one, but it is generally stated that after the taste is acquired, 

 its subjects prefer mate to either tea or coffee. 



2202. Mate, or Paraguay tea leaves. The crude leaves. 



2203. The same, coarsely broken. 



