SJo. 216.] 307 



mous growth of two and a quarter millions of bales in 1847. When 

 we see how much has been achieved and in how short a time by hu- 

 man enterprize, in the cultivation of cotton, we have reason to anti- 

 cipate similar results from the same cause in the cultivation of the 

 Tea Plant. 



Tennessee, lat. 35° to 36° 40'. The western slope of the mountains 

 of East Tennessee, and still better, the southern slope of those in 

 Middle and West Tennessee, with their delightful vallies, undulating 

 hills, productive soil, and healthful climate, all combine to recom- 

 mend this State to the special notice of those who may give their 

 attention to the growth of the Tea Plant. Although its cultivation 

 has been hitherto neglected because no one has stepped forward to 

 introduce and recommend it to public notice; to make known the 

 simple mode of its cultivation, and the ease with which so great and 

 necessary an article of domestic consumption, that shuns the torrid, 

 and delights in temperate climates, can be grown, yet we cannot 

 doubt but that many, fresh from the plough, when they read these 

 notes will look forward, with an instinctive prescience, to the certain 

 result of the application of American skill and industry, to the culti- 

 vation of the Tea Plant. 



Tennessee enjoys all the requirements that China can claim, and 

 when made acquainted with her privileges, and when she sees the 

 gold mine opened, will undoubtedly avail herself of the gifts of Prov- 

 idence, and be thankful. 



Kentucky, lat. 36° 30' to 39' 16'. This State is one of the most 

 northern of the American Tea growing districts, and yet the whole of 

 it is fifty miles south of Peking, extending thence three degrees and a 

 a half to the southward, and running parallel with the great Tea grow- 

 ing districts of China. This "Garden of the West" is the last 

 State whose Tea growing capacity we design to consider. It will 

 be perceived that I have uniformly avoided the low flat lands, and 

 have rather wandered among mountain scenery, sought the rural 

 beauty of hills and valleys, and have chosen to sit down upon a 

 rugged cliff, rather than upon the muddy bottoms of rich intervals. 

 The strict line of my duty accords with my natural disposition. Al- 

 though legal and commercial pursuits rendered my residence in Lon- 

 don for thirty- eight years, almost a matter of necessity, yet the 

 country was always my delight, rural sports and horticultural pursuits 

 my only amusements. From being so long debarred, in a great 

 measure, from indulging the bent of my inclinations, I return to 



