TEA AND TTTE TEA PLANT, 



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experiments in tea production in South Carolina (34° N.), and even in 

 Texas, at Pierce. Dillenius (" Hort. Ethamensis," 1732, p. 392) suggested 

 the possibility of tea being grown in Virginia and Carolina, He added that 



Fig. 13. — Types of the f Tea Plant. 



as early as 1687 it had been successfully conveyed to the Cape of Good 

 Hope by Andreas Cleyerus, through the agency of George Meister, as 

 testified by Meister in his account of his travels in Japan and Java. 



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