Cjiai*. X. COLLECTIONS SHIPPED EOll INDIA. 



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CHAPTEE X. 



Collections shii:)ped for India — Success attending this year's importa- 

 tions — Visit Canton — Method of scenting teas described — Flowers 

 used in the operation — Their scientific and Chinese names — Their 

 relative value — Prices paid for them — Manufacture of "caper" 

 described — Inferior ditto — " Lie capers " — Orange pekoe — High 

 character of foreign merchants in China — Howqua's garden de- 

 scribed — Its plants, ornamental doors, and alcoves, &c. ■ — Polite 

 notices to visitors worthy of imitation. 



The various collections I had made during the 

 summer and autumn had been left, from time to 

 time as they were formed, in the charge of Chi- 

 nese friends in various parts of the country. Mr. 

 Meadows, of the British consulate in Ningpo, and 

 Mr. Wadman, a merchant there, had also taken 

 charge of some plants which I had planted for 

 safety in their gardens. It was now of great im- 

 portance to get all these collections together as 

 speedily as possible, and have them conveyed to 

 the port of Shangliae, where they could be packed 

 in a proper manner and shipped to Hongkong, 

 and from thence to India. This was satisfactorily 

 accomplished, and, being luckily favoured with fine 

 weather and a leading wind, I reached Shanghae 

 in two days, and deposed my collections safely 

 in the garden of Mr. Beale. A large number of 

 Ward's cases, having been ordered some time be- 



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