﻿OCTOBER 
  1 
  TO 
  DECEMBER 
  31, 
  1909. 
  41 
  

  

  26330 
  to 
  26343— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  Rockhill 
  before 
  he 
  left 
  Pekin 
  for 
  St. 
  Petersburg, 
  Russia. 
  Plants 
  received 
  at 
  

   the 
  Plant 
  Introduction 
  Garden, 
  Chico, 
  Cal., 
  December 
  1, 
  1909; 
  seeds 
  received 
  

   at 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  December 
  6, 
  1909. 
  

   Plants 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  26330 
  to 
  26332. 
  From 
  the 
  Kienning 
  district. 
  

  

  26330. 
  Lotus 
  Heart. 
  26332. 
  Dragon 
  Pool. 
  

  

  26331. 
  Water 
  Fairy. 
  

  

  26333 
  to 
  26336. 
  From 
  Wuishan 
  district, 
  the 
  cliff-grown 
  teas 
  from 
  River 
  

   of 
  the 
  Nine 
  Windings. 
  

  

  26333. 
  White 
  Cock 
  Comb. 
  26335. 
  Superior. 
  

  

  26334. 
  Great 
  Red 
  Robe. 
  26336. 
  Dragon 
  Pool. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  26337. 
  Water 
  Fairy 
  (parent 
  plant). 
  

  

  26338. 
  Dragon 
  Pool 
  (parent 
  plant). 
  

  

  26339. 
  Dragon 
  Pool. 
  From 
  Heaven 
  Sauntering 
  Place. 
  

  

  26340. 
  White 
  Cock 
  Comb 
  (parent 
  plant) 
  . 
  

  

  26341. 
  Red 
  Robe 
  (parent 
  plant) 
  . 
  

  

  26342. 
  Red 
  Robe. 
  From 
  Heaven 
  Heart 
  Temple. 
  

  

  26343. 
  White 
  Peony 
  (parent 
  plant). 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  cliff 
  -grown 
  teas 
  are 
  extremely 
  rare 
  and 
  valuable, 
  and 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  believe 
  

   can 
  be 
  obtained 
  again, 
  as 
  the 
  Chinese 
  are 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  anxious 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  tea 
  of 
  

   this 
  district 
  become 
  general. 
  The 
  department 
  having 
  for 
  some 
  years 
  past 
  

   written 
  for 
  seed 
  of 
  the 
  'Dragon 
  Pool 
  teas,' 
  which 
  I 
  was 
  unable 
  to 
  obtain 
  other- 
  

   wise, 
  though 
  repeated 
  requests 
  have 
  been 
  made, 
  I 
  sent 
  my 
  vice-consul, 
  Mr. 
  

   Nightingale, 
  and 
  through 
  the 
  extreme 
  courtesy 
  of 
  the 
  viceroy 
  of 
  Fukien, 
  the 
  

   magistrate 
  of 
  Chungan, 
  and 
  two 
  mandarin 
  friends, 
  he 
  was 
  allowed 
  to 
  gather 
  

   seeds 
  and 
  select 
  the 
  plants 
  I 
  send. 
  There 
  is 
  200 
  miles 
  of 
  foot 
  journey 
  besides 
  

   considerable 
  boat 
  trip 
  from 
  Foochow 
  to 
  this 
  district, 
  which 
  involves 
  some 
  

   expense. 
  The 
  peculiar 
  flavor 
  of 
  these 
  cliff-grown 
  teas 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  come 
  from 
  

   the 
  soil, 
  and 
  other 
  soil 
  may 
  impart 
  an 
  entirely 
  different 
  flavor 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  plant. 
  

   The 
  earth 
  about 
  the 
  cliff 
  teas 
  is 
  very 
  sandy 
  and 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  rich. 
  A 
  rich 
  soil 
  

   they 
  claim 
  is 
  not 
  good 
  for 
  tea, 
  as 
  the 
  plant 
  will 
  grow 
  too 
  high 
  and 
  not 
  remain 
  

   stunted, 
  as 
  is 
  considered 
  desirable. 
  In 
  this 
  district 
  frost 
  occurs 
  often, 
  and 
  

   now 
  and 
  then 
  there 
  is 
  light 
  fall 
  of 
  snow, 
  which 
  lasts 
  but 
  a 
  short 
  time. 
  The 
  

   entire 
  district 
  of 
  the 
  River 
  of 
  the 
  Nine 
  Windings 
  is 
  composed 
  of 
  huge 
  red 
  sand- 
  

   stone 
  cliffs 
  and 
  bowlders, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  shadow 
  and 
  clefts 
  of 
  these, 
  wherever 
  a 
  

   little 
  of 
  the 
  sandy 
  soil 
  is 
  found, 
  the 
  tea 
  grows. 
  Other 
  than 
  a 
  little 
  digging 
  

   about 
  the 
  roots 
  at 
  this 
  season 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  (October), 
  no 
  attention 
  is 
  necessary. 
  

  

  "Some 
  fertilize 
  the 
  plants 
  once 
  or 
  twice 
  a 
  year 
  with 
  night 
  soil; 
  the 
  fertiliza- 
  

   tion 
  is 
  not 
  considered 
  necessary. 
  

  

  "Some 
  plants 
  produce 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  four 
  kinds 
  of 
  tea, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  

   the 
  leaf 
  and 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  gathering. 
  The 
  teas 
  of 
  this 
  district 
  in 
  order 
  of 
  supe- 
  

   riority 
  are 
  'White 
  Cock 
  Comb,' 
  'Great 
  Red 
  Robe,' 
  'Superior,' 
  'Lotus 
  Heart,' 
  

   'Water 
  Fairy,' 
  and 
  'Dragon 
  Pool.' 
  The 
  White 
  Cock 
  Comb 
  and 
  the 
  Red 
  Robe 
  

   plants 
  were 
  those 
  growing 
  closest 
  to 
  the 
  original 
  plant. 
  The 
  White 
  Cock 
  Comb 
  

   is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  'the 
  original 
  tea 
  plant 
  and 
  to 
  have 
  fallen 
  from 
  heaven;' 
  twice 
  a 
  

   year 
  the 
  Chungan 
  magistrate 
  comes 
  to 
  see 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  all 
  right 
  and 
  worship 
  at 
  a 
  

   neighboring 
  temple. 
  The 
  Dragon 
  Pool 
  tea 
  plants 
  are 
  from 
  a 
  little 
  inclosure 
  

   back 
  of 
  this 
  temple, 
  where 
  a 
  brother 
  of 
  an 
  emperor 
  in 
  the 
  Sung 
  dynasty 
  retired 
  

   at 
  one 
  time 
  to 
  raise 
  tea, 
  and 
  which 
  I 
  believe 
  has 
  given 
  rise 
  to 
  the 
  story 
  of 
  the 
  

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