Climate. 87 
20 parts Sulphate of Copper. 
CLIMATE, 
Tra seoms to grow in any climate, and some 
of the gardens in Darjeeling which are at an 
elevation of 6,000 feet still pay well and give 4 
maunds an acre, the frost and snow seeming to 
do very little damage to the China plant, although 
the Assam plant suffers badly. One reason of 
these gardens doing well is the tremendously 
heavy rainfall they get, but the liability to get 
hail will more than counteract this advantage, 
and if cold weather is experienced in the rains 
the flushes will be delayed or lost. The hot 
steamy climate of the Dooars is specially suited 
to tea, and very large outturns are made. In one 
or two cases, 12 maunds per acre, The most un- 
healthy climates are those in which tea does best 
Hot steamy days and rainy nights suit tea better 
than any other weather. Hail, except in very 
exceptional cases, does not do half the harm, it 
is supposed to do; if it takes off the first flush, 
the 2nd flush is always vory heavy and will nearly 
make up for the loss of the Ist; of course, if it 
barks the trees, or if there is anothor fall of hail 
during the 2nd flush, tho damage is irretrievable, 
But as a rule the damage done is exaggerated 
and in many cases in spite of the hail more than 
the estimated yield is made. A large rainfall is 
wanted, say, from 95-120 inches, 
