GROWTH of TEA. 
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They diftinguifh it into four different forts. The firfb has the 
name of song lo tcha ; it grows upon a mountain of kiang- 
nan, in the lat. of 29 deg. 58 min. 30 fee. which is covered 
over with thefe fhrubs. It is planted much in the fame man- 
ner as vines, whofe growth is prevented, otherwife it would run 
up to feven or eight foot in height. In the fpace of four or 
five years it muff be planted anew, or elfe the leaf will become 
thick, hard, and rough. The flower is white, and in the fhape 
of a rofe, compofed of five leaves. In the autumn, when the 
flower is gone, there appears a berry in the fhape of a nut, a 
little moifi, and of no bad tafte. 
What I have faid of the height of thefe fhrubs, mu ft be un- 
derftood of thofe which grow in the aforefaid province, for in 
other places they fuffer them to grow to their natural height, 
which often reaches to ten or twelve feet : for this reafon, while 
the branches are young and tender, they caufe them to bend 
downward, that they may gather the leaves with greater eafe. 
The song lo tcha, or green tea, above-mentioned, after 
being preferved feveral years, is an excellent remedy againft 
many diftempers. 
Another kind of tea (vou y tcha) grows in the province of 
fokien, and takes its name from a famous mountain therein. 
This mountain, according to an obfervation made upon the fpot, 
lies in 27 deg. 47 min. 38 fee. of north latitude. It is the moft 
famous in all the province : there are in it a great number of 
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