TEA TREE, 
sometimes mixed among the Teas, in order to 
increase their fragrance. This plant, the Cha- 
whaw, is the CameUia Sesanqua of the bota- 
iiists ; and yields anut, from whence is expressed 
an esculent oil equal to the best which comes 
from Florence. It is cultivated, on this ac- 
count, in vast abundance; and is particularly 
valuable, from the facility of it's culture in si- 
tuations fit for little else." 
This, we may remark, corresponds with 
what has been observed by Kaempfer ; who tells 
us, that " the leaves of a species of Tsubakki," 
which Linnaeus denominates Camellia, " are 
preserved, and mixed wich Tea, to give it a 
£ne flavour." 
On Lord Macartney's first interview with 
a Chinese Viceroy at Ta-coo, ** the Tea," 
says Sir George Staunton, ** was brought in 
cups with covers, on oblong saucers, and in- 
fused in each cup separately, the leaves re- 
maining at the bottom of the cup ; the simple 
infusion of this herb being thought by the 
h.ost, if not by the guests, preferable to it's 
mixture with cream and sugar." 
