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were all gathered together into Mr. Beale's garden they 
formed a collection of great interest. Here were tea- 
plants, not only from Silver Island, Chusan, and the dis- 
tricts about Ning-po, but also from the far-famed coun- 
tries of Sung-lo-shan and the Woo-e hills. A number 
of Ward's glazed cases were now got ready for the 
reception of the plants, and the whole of them were 
taken down to Hong-kong under my own care. ^They 
were then divided and sent on to Calcutta by four differ- 
ent vessels, in case of accident 
As soon as I had got all the plants put on board I left 
Hong-kong again for the north. 
During the summer of 1850 I had the satisfaction of 
hearing that my collections of tea-plants had arrived 
safely at Calcutta. Owing to the excellent arrangements 
made there by Dr. Falconer, and at Allahabad by Dr. 
Jameson, they reached their destination in the Hima- 
layas in good order. One of the objects of my mission 
to China had been, to a certain extent, accomplished. 
The Himalayan tea-plantations could now boast of 
having a number of plants from the best tea-districts of 
China, namely, from the green-tea country of Hwuy- 
chow, and from the black-tea country of the Woo-e 
hilk 
I had now, however, what I believed to be a much 
more difficult and uncertain task before me. This was 
to procure tea manufacturers from some of the best dis- 
tricts. Had I wanted men from any of the towns on 
the coast, they might have been procured with the 
greatest ease. A shipload of emigrants had been in- 
