TETA SHRUBS. 



tolled. Tlie writer of this work largely cxpa- 

 ikdm upon ih^ wateM qttaJitics possessed by 



mm t]fiBe§, ^ith ^1 Ifee mmif of ^ GHaese. 

 He treats tipoifl the liaocles iii wliicli the. tea slirub 

 is ciiltivatetl, mid the crop gatliered ; hiit ho 

 possesses too much learning to be a good bota- 

 nist, md quotes contimially verses and the saj- 



Tliei'e is certainly, in the whol^e, taiam learning 

 than good sense. He ulso treat? upon how the 

 seed is to be sown, liow the leaves of the ti'a 

 shrub oxight to be prepared, and in wdiat manner 

 i}f& slxmb is to be praned in ordet that it slicrcrld 

 produce luxuriant foli:in'e. lie also enters upon 

 uiiuute details, liow the tea leaf is to be plueked, 

 and afterwards dried and paeked. Thounb the 

 subject is trivial, it would reijuire some study to 



The Eey. C, GutzlaiF, having looked om 



this botanical w^ork in the Chinese lans^uau'e, 

 fa\ <)urL'd me with the above brief opinioTi on it. 



The C^cas remlvtta (Fung, maee, eho, of the 

 Chinese) was planted in pots^ and fiw so 

 genetally s^ab^t &t dwollli^ 0f the |»eopk^ 



I sliould consider was a favourite with tljrm ; a 

 ininiber of dwarf I'Ims, bamlnjus, and otbcir trees, 

 with a number of varieties of Ilibismts^ Allhmi^ 



