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the Southern States are more suited to the cultivation of 

 tea, than those even of China ; and that indigo, which was, 

 by-the-by, formerly produced here, can be grown to any 

 extent ; and that the coifee plant, in all probability, would 

 flourish here to great advantage, inasmuch as the soil and 

 unddlating nature of the land would be in its favor, and 

 the cold of the latitude of this city is not so intense by thir- 

 teen degrees as that of the east of China. In fact, Mr. 

 Bonynge has seen this plant growing wild in N. latitude 

 27 30", on hills of from three to five hundred feet in 

 height, where, too, there was an abundance of frost, snow, 

 and hail. 



Our space will not allow us at present to give further 

 particulars of this matter ; Mr. Bonynge has with him 

 the strongest testimonials in favor of his project from the 

 Hon. Abbot Lawrence, our Minister at the court of St. 

 James, Daniel Lee, Esq., of the Patent Office in Wash- 

 ington, and editor of the Southern Ciiltivaior, and other 

 gentlemen alike distinguished for their position in society, 

 and their literary and scientific attainments, which he 

 will take much pleasure in showing to those who may 

 feel desirous of becoming fully acquainted with the sub- 

 ject. We ourselves regard the introduction of these 

 plants into our State a great desideratum, and conse- 

 quently call the attention of our planters, and such of 

 our citizens as may be interested in the matter, to the 

 visits of Mr. Bonynge to our city. 



CULTIVATION OF TEA, INDIGO, KTC., IN GKORGIA AND 

 FLORIDA. 



WK arc indebted to a friend for a most interesting cor- 

 respondence, some of the details of which we hasten to 



