1809.] Remarks on Mr. Loffi’s Classification of the T ea-tree, 247 
the objects of the Divine regard, and 
that “the wrath of man worketh not 
the righteousness of God.” 
Sir Richard Hill appears in his latter 
days to have been of a cooler mind, 
where he recommended “ brotherly love.” 
Had he then been called upon by any 
junior zealot to auathematize an Armi- 
nian, or perhaps even a wider Chnistian, 
he would most likely have declined step- 
ping into the judgment-seat of Christ, 
and would even have given the gentle 
rebuke to those who know not what man- 
ner of spirit they are of. ‘ How shall I 
curse whom the Lord hath not cursed ? 
How shall I defy whom the Lord hath 
not detied ? 
The memory of the just, of all parties 
and persuasions, 1s blessed! Let that of 
Sir Richard Hull be crowned and che- 
rished with affectionate respect! 
Jan. 21, 1809. P. 
SE 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine, 
SIR, 
OUR very respectable, intelligent, 
aud learned Correspondent, Mr, 
Capel Lofft, seems to have launched a 
litile out of his latitude, when he pro- 
poses to join the Tea-tree to the Genus 
Myrtus, with which, beyond a little prima 
Jfucie similitude, it has no natural atinity 
whatever. 
In the flower of the myrtle the germen 
is inferior, while in the tea it is superior 5 
that is, in the former the calyx, petals, 
and stamens are all inserted into the 
crown of the gerimen; in the latter these 
parts are inserted below the germen—cir- 
cumstances of the first importance to be 
attended to in arranging plants accord- 
ing to their natural attimities, The fruit 
of the myrtle is a berry, that of the tea a 
dry capsule of three cells, or rather three 
capsules united; the former crowned 
with the persistent calyx, the latter hav- 
ing the calyx atits base. Besides these 
characters taken from the fructification, 
the myrtle has opposite, the tea alternate 
leaves. The myrtle belongs to a very 
large, and very naturaland easily defined 
family, all of which are more or less aro- 
matic. The tea-tree has very little affi- 
nity with any plant cultivated m our gar- 
dens, except with the Camellia, to which 
"it is indeed very closely allied ; and)both 
these plants are void of all aromatic 
guality, being in their recent state highly 
YNauseous. 
I would not be thought, however, to 
attach any discredit to your worthy Cor- 
respondent for falling into this very ve- 
mial error: Jussieu himself, in joining the 
Tea to the family of Aurantia, has scarce- 
ly improved upon its former arrangement, 
where it was found among the Malvaceae ; 
the truth, I believe is, that it belongs. to 
no family as yet established, but most 
certainly not to the myrtle. 
There are two varieties of the ter cul- 
tivated in our nurseries, known by the 
names of Green and Buhea; there is not, 
however, any probability, that the green 
and bohea teas of the shops are the ex- 
clusive product of these varieties. ‘They 
differ very little from one another, but the 
green variety is the most hardy: ashrub 
of this sort stood in the open ground aft 
the late Mr. Gordon’s nursery, at Maile. 
End, many years. Lagree with Mr. Ca- 
pel Lofft that in the warmer parts of our 
island, and more especially on the south- 
ern coast of the Isle of Wight, both, vas 
‘rieties would probably thrive, as well ag 
the common myrtle. 
Your’s, &c. 
LHEIPHILUS, . 
For the Montlily Magazine. — 
THE DLLLETANTI TOURIST, 
Or Lerrenrs from an AMATEUR of ART, 
im LONDON, (0 @ FRIEND neur MANS 
CHESTER. : 
SHALL not observe much regularity 
or system in these tours; but pay 
iy visits at the different stations of Art 
as inchnation prompts me. Sometimes 
musing among the august sculptures of 
ancient Greece, sometimes among the 
pictorial beanties of modern Britain, 
sumetimes among the dust of ancient 
lore, but oftener lounging an hour among 
the lighter elegancies of art, more like 
a dileianti thana professional tourist, 
I was yesterday at tbe Museum of 
Greck Sculptures belonging to Lord 
Elgin, who has enriched his country with 
an unrivalled and invaluable collection ; 
brought together with a princely munifi- 
cence. Ina tew days I shall visit Mr, 
Vhomas Hope’s. Collection, in which are 
soine of the finest fictile vases, that have 
descended to us from the ancient world, 
And Lar just returned trofs the Townley 
Gallery, which shall, by yourdesire, princi. 
pally engross the subject of my letters, 
ull Lhave ‘conducted you through this 
great national museum of antique art. 
You may by this sketch of my erratic 
tours, perceive how delightfully my 
mind is employed, aud how luxuriously 
. . Trevel 
