Nature meant very gently by women when she made that tea-plant; and with a little thought what a series of pictures and groups the fancy may conjure up and assemble round the tea-pot and cup! ❋ Unknown (2006)
Shat, the province where the tea-plant is produced, is situated to the north of Enarea, and is watered by the river called ❋ Various (N/A)
-- To state what altitude is best adapted to the growth of the tea-plant, and for the production of the best kinds of tea, will require much more observation. ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)
The tea-plant has reached upwards of six feet in height at ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)
-- The soil consists of a mixture of loam, sand, and vegetable matter, is of a yellow colour, and is most suitable for the cultivation of the tea-plant. ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)
The tea-plant has been successfully cultivated, on a large scale, in the island of Madeira, at an elevation of 3,000 feet above the level of the sea, by Mr. Hy. ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)
I do not see any reason to doubt, from a year's experience, that the tea-plant in its varieties will flourish in what I heretofore denominated the tea-growing district of the United States, as well as in any part of China. ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)
The tea-plant was at one time introduced into South Carolina, where its culture appears to have been attended with but little success. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)
The cultivation of the tea-plant is by no means confined to any one district or spot, but is scattered about through the different provinces, each producing its peculiar description known to the trade by its distinctive name. ❋ Various (N/A)
_On the tea-plant; season of flowering, its characters and species, and on the advantages to be derived from importing seeds from ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)
Pinang, and in as healthy a state as could be desired, but the leaf had no flavor, and although thousands of Chinese husbandmen cultivate spices, and other tropical productions on that island, no one thinks it worth while to extend the cultivation of the tea-plant in Pinang. ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)
The leaves yield the same bitter principle called theine, which is found in the leaf of the Chinese tea-plant, the coffee berry, &c. ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)
The two chief plants laid under contribution are, however, the Chinese tea-plant, and a species of holly peculiar to South America, producing the Paraguay tea. ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)
But they forget that the tea-plant does not interfere with any other crop, and when once planted it does not soon require a renewal. ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)
Here are some particulars about the tea-plant: -- In the plantations around ❋ Anonymous (N/A)
The buds and blossoms of the latter did not appear until a fortnight after the black tea-plant. ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)
-- The soil in which the tea-plant is now thriving in the Himalayas and in the valley of ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)
In this same garden the tea-plant thrived; the proprietor, Count S----, makes an annual _racolte_ of its leaves, which he keeps for his own teapot. ❋ Various (N/A)
All vegetation may be retarded, or lessened, or augmented, in its production, in a slight degree, by excessive rains, or drought, or cold, or heat, or atmospheric action; but the tea-plant is sure to produce its leaf. ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)
The cultivation of the tea-plant has been introduced into the United ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)
