“The brick i of Tibet i is an UR different pees of t tea from the 
£ pev described. The full grown leaves are used, and are comparatively | 
If peine together into blocks about 10 inches by 10 inches, and 
"d t inches thi 
5^ MN oA n Baber, some time British Consul at CSUBKEIOBE 
describes the Tibetan teapot as a wooden churn, in which the boilin 
- 20 strokes applied with a dasher pierced with five holes. A lump of 
‘butter is then thrown in, and the compound is again churned with from 
100 to 150 strokes administered with much precision. ‘The tea is then 
erii for drinkin ng. 
he use of compressed tea in this country has been MEME at 
— different times, bat never with complete success. A few years ago two 
ies were formed for working it, and at the present time theres is 
ES company in London whieh deals exclusively in this article, a sample ae 
set which is in the Kew Museums. It is claimed for this tea that it ^i 
“The compression of tea iato blocks further, it is said, constitutes ‘a 
= real and important improvement in the treatment of tea. These blocks 
2 NE 
. Tt also ensures uniformity in the eit of the infusion. By com- 
~ pression it is claimed that the aromatic properties of the leaf are retained 
. for a mue po. onger period, and ihat it is better preserved from damp and 
nges. 
i; glen ecu TREES OF STRAITS SETTLE- 
p SERA MENTS. 
A manuscript catalogue of Malayan names of timber trees drawn up 
2 the well known Indian botanist, the late Dr. memi Fari long been 
- i . preserved at Kew. in part, at any rate, it seems to e been pub- 
Es — ihe long ago as 1865. "The following notice of it epide in the 
CDU OMA eu that year :-— 
m . Maingay, the Assistant Residency Surgeon of Malacca, has made 
| a report on the. timber and forest conservancy of that t station, which 
| Tae Septem in ve care oe Straits Government Gazette , dated 
f 2 or commercial 
ie purposes ; but vid the’ author has bota suically id identified each apn 
_ aud obtained some information upon the size of the trees and the 
. quantity procurable, his report will be most useful. Dr. Maingay 
Appears to have identified only one tree, the Plerocarpus indicus or 
Ang Sanah, which Dr. Oxley did 20 years may be seen M 
_ the latter's report upon the botany of ai "Collections: of Straits" AS 
niis have been Bikers. nte and forws ardéd to to public exhibitions. = 
