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Delaware, Lat 38^ 27' to 39° 50'. The whole of this State is 

 but little, and but a small portion of that little is adapted to the 

 culture of the Tea Plant. Perhaps the only part of this State which 

 affords a reasonable hope of success, is the northern and hilly dis- 

 trict in the county of New Castle. 



The Latitude of this county is parallel with that of Peking, the 

 capital of China, in the northern province of Chihli, one of the finest 

 Tea growing districts in China. Therefore, let not Delaware des- 

 pair. 



Maryland, Lat. 37^ 56' and 39° 44'. The mountainous and hilly 

 western counties of Maryland, Alleghany, Washington and Frederic 

 particularly, seem to offer choice and advantageous locations for Tea 

 Gardens to a limited extent. The position of the mountains and 

 hills, running east and west, and sloping to the south, presents the 

 best possible aspect. The soil, limestone and gravel, is congenial to 

 the plant, and combined with the favorable aspect, promises well for 

 the future cultivator. 



The Latitude of Maryland Tea growing hills, is parallel with 

 Tsinan-fu the capital of the province of Changtung, and one of the 

 Tea growing provinces of China. 



Virginia, Lat. 36" 30' to 40° 43'. That there are mountains and 

 hills and valleys and soils and rivers, in the wide spread domains of 

 Virginia, sufficient to meet the demands of all the enterprising Tea 

 cultivators in the union, for many years to come, I think no one will 

 venture to deny. The introduction of a greater diversity of agrarian 

 products into the ancient dominion, together with a fresh infusion of 

 modern dispatch and electric spirit, seems indispensably necessary to 

 put forward the agricultural prosperity of the State. If any ever- 

 green plant is indigenous to the soil, any exotic finds a congenial 

 climate, then it is most certain Ihat Virginia may herself, in a few 

 years, render the Union independent of China for our daily beverage. 

 Philosophy is the teaching of experiment, and as similar causes will, 

 under like circumstances, produce similar effects, we argue that as 

 the soil, climate, temperature and location in Virginia are similar to 

 the same physical causes in China, w^e are justified in expecting, nay, 

 are constrained to expect, the same effects. 



The Latitude of Virginia, on its southern limit, being only one 

 degree, twenty-six minutes below that of Maryland, the parallels of 



