TEA TREE. 
can scarcely grasp the trunk in their arms; and 
Du Halde quotes a Chinese autlior, who de 
scribes the height of different Tea Trees, from 
one to thirty feet : while Ksmpfer, who seems 
chiefly to be reUed on, confines the full growth 
to the height of a man ; which corresponds 
v/ith what even Le Compte afterwards ob 
serves, respecting the Tea Trees which he saw 
in the Province of Fo-kien, where they di 
not exceed five or six feet. 
Whether the different varieties of Teas, ge 
nerally divided into Green and Bohea, are both 
produced by the same Tree, or bv varieties, is 
another matter by no means established. It is 
however, chiefly held, by what appear the best 
authorities, that there is only one species of 
this plant ; the difference of Green and Bohea 
Teas, with all their respective known varieties, 
depending on the natmc of the soil, the cul 
ture of the plant, the age of the leaves when 
gathered, and the manner of drying them. That 
these circumstances will have considerable in 
fiuencc, is not to be denied ; vet we cannot 
but incline to an opinion, that some varieties 
in the Tree itself may hereafter be found t 
exist 
