B18) Cullieation of the T sae and Substitute for ea. [July ¥, 
being the eleventh of Jul % a. 1575. She also 
prevailed with her husband: to-sell hin 
the said. maner of Kington Magna, iit 
September following for 5201, which he. 
then held-in lease for years... What Mr 
Aylworth’s secret was, it would require 
much reading in obsolete. medicine to 
discover; but asit seems to be a law of - 
nature, that) the: ssumber of females 
born, should, always exceed that oti the 
males, no such specific can. exist, Ii 
a book. entitled “ A ‘Thousand Notable 
Things,” p. 12. is this passage ‘ Wouren 
that use to lie and.sleep on their right 
side, seldom or never Eyring forth any 
wenches. Rasis writes this.”.. Vhis: ap- 
pears to: betaken from Pluy, who, seys 
** Seplus im. uiero mover! mares, et in 
dextera. fere geri parte, in leva feminzis, 
-eonstat. Nut Abts: |. vu. b. iv. 
J.D. Fossrooxe, 
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To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SER; | 
N answer to the queries: of E.N. 
your Magazine for May, p. 306, 
have had in “England the real tea tree, 
ever since the year 1768, when it was 
raised from seed by John Ellis, esq. and 
it has. since been so. often’ raised from 
seeds ripened.in England, that itis atew 
common in. collections of ereen-house 
plants, and, to ‘be-parchased at most nur- 
series. Although generally regarded ke 
as a. sreen-house plant, tea-trees hat 
been cultivated for many years im oli 
open: ground at ‘lhompson and Co's. 
Wursery, (late Gordon, Dermor, and 
Thompson) Mile-End; and though they 
have often suffered. from our cold springs, . 
- diay, 1608. 
as 1s sometimes the case-even with our: 
rrative oaks and beeches, (as in’ May,: a 
1801),, vet- they have always proved’ 
sur ongenough te resist them; nor 1s Mile- 
End remarkably sheltered, 1s yery 
rnuch exposed. to the east v “and which 
are the most destruetive of all. _Tea- 
plants. are: also planted in the open 
ground in. the Royal, gardens-at [ew, 
along with the camellia. or ever-evee ae 
japan rose, and other curious plantsifrom 
the same country; also at Mr. Lee-and 
Sapiesy s Nursery, Hammersmith, and+ 
Mr. Whitley and Co’s. Old Brompton; 
and probally at some others; bat these» 
are what have fallen. under the bcs 
ew observation, The attempts how. 
ever bitherto made to obtain a palatable 
tea from leaves grown in England, bave 
fxiled; probably becatisethe proper ‘mode 
6f preparation -was not well understood. 
Au account of the methods« practised Gard 
t 
both in Ehindiand Japan, may be seed in 
the. Amanitates Exotiew, of Enpelbertes 
Kaeinpfer, a work containing much cde. 
rious information, and which has’ Sey 
appeared.in an Enelish dréss.) | Hot 
uriless some more expeditious: dicthiod! oF 
manufacturing the leaves is discovered 
than that practised by that mose con 
ceited ‘and cerewonious people the’ 
nese, the culture of tea will not répay t ce 
-expence, unless where the priee of labour’ 
18 exceedingly low;' and thriving planta 
tions of itin Corsica: are likely to be abo~ 
‘lished on this acéonnt. © In the Mh eal 
Indies, spirited attempts are at tee 
“making towards its cultivation, (pr 
ulated’ by their success with 
coe from Atabia), aiteh pe 
miums are now offered "for that par 
by the Hause of Assembly: ineJ 
The quantity of i sumed-annually’ 
in Englaid, Scotlan nd Trelane 1s 
estimated in the Appendix to Sir Gee ree” 
Staunton’s Account of the Embassy to” 
China, at 18,000,000. “pounds, - : 
“pb 
5,000,000 of w hich are there said to] 
factitious, and manufactured i in England 
of the leaves of ash, sloe, and other trees,» 
and mixed: with th e real tea’ by! the? 
dea! ers, notwithstanding three acts of — 
parliament have been passed to prohibit” 
such practices! It is Wo seibte however 
that some of the plants used to adulterate’ 
it, might furnish as good’a beverage as” 
the Chinese} nor does the analysis of thi 
confirm its possessing , any extraordinary: 
ide bed ek qualities. The*late Dr, ~ 
Withering, ef botanical memory, strongly” 
recommended sivezleaves as’ a substitute, 
as also the young leaves of roses, an 
thymus serpyllum : “and verbena'ts Ae 
atvery fragrant’ plant’ from South a 
Tica; has lately béen proposed’ for. 
same purpose in France. This “howev 
is more tender:than the’ tea treé’ ‘itself,’ 
resisted our winters 
Northumberland’ s 
‘House. Various other’ plants have’ oc-" 
casionally been used, as the leptospermum'™ 
scopariim, oF New /Zealand: tea, celée= 
and’ 
Bs 
ner pave I ever seen a plant of if that has” a 
without: artificial eh h. 
shelter, one’ excepted in the Dake of were 
collection , at’ Sion’ 
briiter! for its usefulness in the’ veyed 
‘aptain Cok; a species of leduné, the’ 
x 
, da © didn id, ov ‘Oswego tea; aida! . 
a* caMposition o ; 
leaves, lime~ tree biessoms,: and»sheed= 
thyme; hyssop, rose” 
ginseng-root,.is commonly soid in the: 
Shoe under the name of Dr. Solander'’s 
Sanative. Tea, and another is sold at 
M essrs. Dickson and Andersan’s, Covent= © 
len, under ee of Laglish Tea, 
composed 
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