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Planting Tea. 
| | nothing like what the real’ Assam grown leaf would 
give. Sometimes, if an exceptionally cold month 
is experienced in the rains, the bushes stop flushing 
altogether until warm weather returns. Besides | 
this, the seed is very expensive, and after its long ; 
journey from Assam, rarely arrives here in good | 
condition and lots of vacancies are the result, 
The China plant, although it does not look so well, 
yields much better, and comes on in any soil, It 
takes longer to grow than the Assam does, but 
gives a much better yield, often 5 or 6 maunds an 
acre. Whereas, I do not think there is a garden 
up here with much Assam Plant that gives more | 
than 4 maunds per acre, The China leaf makes 
pretty and flavoury teas, and the gardens, which 
get the best prices up here, are (with one excep- | 
tion) all China gardens, Any one opening up | 
a garden in this climate, should plant all 
his land with China, If he has any very low lying 
flats Assam will do fairly, but even then Hybrid 
is best. If a fixed area is to be planted, a pro“ 
fessional survey should be made. Extensions 
are generally measured by the stakes and a 
