300 



CULTIVATION AND MANUFACTURE OF TEA. 



Labour in tea districts . chap. iii. 

 Laying out a garden ... 42 

 Lay of land and aspect . . 37 



flat, sloping, steep . 7, 13, 35 



aspect 39 



valleys 40 



narrow valleys ... 40 

 Lay of land and selection of steep 



land .... 7, 37 



disadvantages of steep land . 37 



lines on steep land . . 46 



plants close on steep land . 45 

 Leaf-picking .... 102 



principles of. ... 102 



diagram of shoot . . . 104 



teas made from each leaf . 107 



cannot make separate teas in 



practice .... 107 



pruning connected with . 102 



mistakes in . '. . 42 



how shoots form . . . 104 



mode of .... 104 



MANUFACTURE .... 109 



importance of good . .109 



old and new plan . . .no 



withering . . no, in, 123 



rolling .... in, 112 



panning. . . . 109, 112 



sunning. . . . 112, 128 



tea, how judged . . . 113 



Pekoe tips 



105, 106, 114, 115, 116, 122 



strong teas and Pekoe tips 



incompatible . . .116 



fermenting or colouring . 127 



firing or dholing . . . 128 



of flowery Pekoe . . .130 

 Manufacture of green tea . 130, 144 



sifting and sorting 



134. 135, 136, 161 



sieves 135 



Chinese sieves best . . 135 



classes of tea . . . 137 



cost of 160 



ignorance of . . . . 7 



PACK 



Manufacture, coarse leaf . .126 



burntness .... 143 

 Manure 67 



advantages of . . 17, 67 



how to apply .... 68 



quantity .... 69 



cost of 69 



kinds of .... 67 



results of . . .69 

 Management, accounts, forms . 152 



what qualities required for a 



Manager . . . .152 



forms . 153 



accounts . . . .158 

 Making a garden ... 73 



general instructions for. . 73 

 Mechanical contrivances . .116 



McMeekin's rolling table . 116 



Kinmond's rolling machine . 116 



Nelson's rolling machine . 118 



Jackson's rolling machine . 116 



McMeekin's drawers . .119 



Money's furnace . . 121, 2QC> 



sifting machines . . .121 



machine required to separate 



the leaves . . . .122 



packing machines . . ial 

 Miscellaneous : 



Transport . . . chap iii. 

 in each district . . chap. iii. 

 Green tea . . 21, 130, 144 

 Stagnant water ... 40 

 Inundation .... 40 



Sections 42 



Yield . . . 43, 170 

 Lines of plants . . 45, 46 



Roads 45 



Relative price green and black 



teas 133 



Yield first 10 years . .170 

 Necessities for tea . . 173, 180 

 Past, present, and future of 



Indian tea . . . . 174 

 Strange facts about tea . -174 

 Imports 177 



