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gether fo clofely joined, that the ignorant or 
fcfs attentive would readily take them for 
one Stem. 
As the Ten Bufhes rife, the more induf- 
trious People fatten the Soil where they grow* 
once a Year, with proper Manure, mixt with 
Earth. The Shrub muft be at leaf! three 
Years old before the Leaves are pluckt, and 
then it bears Plenty of very good ones ; in 
feven Years time, or thereabout, the Shrub 
rifes to a Man’s Height ; but then it grows 
but fiowly, and bears few Leaves ; but 
if cut down to the Stem, new Sets of 
Branches and Twigs (hoot out thicker, and 
much more numerous than before, and all 
nourifhed by the fame Root. The young 
Shoots, as they come up the firft Year from 
the Stem, are always fewer in Number, but 
fatter and larger than thofe which fucceed 
them ; in procefs of Time they become 
branched. 
The Leaves are gathered at three different 
Times; the firft is gathered at the Middle 
of the firft Moon preceding the Vernal Equi- 
nox, which is the firft Month of the Jnpanefe 
Year. The Leaves then are very few, but 
very tender and young, being only of two 
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