ADAM'S SECOND EDEN 
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FLOWERS AND BUDS OF THE TEA PEANT 
The Chinese say that the virtues of tea were discovered by their remarkable Emperor, 
Chinnung, 2737 B. C, to whom they ascribe all agricultural and medicinal knowledge. 
Although many of the products of China were brought to Europe and used by Europeans in 
very early times, we have no records of the use of tea in Europe earlier than 1588 A. D. The 
English did not begin to use it to any extent until about 1700, when the price of tea ranged 
from $25 to $50 per pound. 
