GREEN-HOUSE REPOTTING. [March. 



the leaves are laid, and rolled by workmen, who sit round 

 it : the iron pan being heated to a certain degree, by a little 

 fire made in the furnace underneath, a few pounds of the 

 fresh-gathered leaves are put upon the pan ; the fresh and 

 juicy leaves crack when they touch the pan, and it is the 

 business of the operator to shift them as quickly as possible, 

 with his bare hands, till they cannot be easily endured. 

 At this instant he takes off the leaves with a kind of shovel 

 resembling a fan, and pours them on the mats before the 

 rollers, who, taking small quantities at a time, roll them in 

 the palm of their hands in one direction, while others are 

 fanning them, that they may cool the more speedily, and 

 retain their curl the longer. This process is repeated two 

 or three times, or oftener, before the tea is put into the 

 stores, in order that all the moisture of the leaves may be 

 thoroughly dissipated, and their curl more completely pre- 

 served. On every repetition the pan is less heated, and 

 the operation performed more closely and cautiously. The 

 tea is then separated into the different kinds, and deposited 

 in the store for domestic use or exportation. 



" The different sorts of black and green arise not merely 

 from soil, situation, or the age of the leaf; but after win- 

 nowing the tea, the leaves are taken up in succession as 

 they fall; those nearest the machine, being the heaviest, 

 are^the gunpowder tea; the light dust the worst, being 

 chiefly used by the lower classes. That which is brought 

 down to Canton then undergoes a second roasting, win- 

 nowing, packing, &c., and many hundred women are 

 employed for these purposes." Kaempfer asserts that a 

 species of Camellia as well as Olea Fragrans is used to 

 give it a high flavour. 



Tacsbnia pinnatistipula, a plant much resembling a 

 Passiflora, both in flower and habits. When planted into 

 the ground, and trained up the rafters of the green-house, 

 it makes a pretty appearance with its profusion of rosy 

 blush -coloured flowers. (Soil No. 13.) 



Tropseolum, a genus of generally delicate growing 

 plants, principally from South America. They require 

 nicety of treatment to bloom them well, unless a large bulb 

 can be procured, when it may be planted in a seven-inch 

 pot, and will then flower without farther care by training 

 their delicate shoots on a wire trellis, or small twigs of 



