Chapter III: Part I: The Natural History of the Tea Tree

Section I. Class and Order page 1

II. Synonyma 8

III. Authors upon Tea 10

IV. Origin of Tea 19

V. Soil and Culture 26

VI. Gathering the Leaves 29

VII. Method of curing or preparing Tea 33

VIII. Varieties of Tea 38

IX. Drinking of Tea 48

X. Succedanea 50

XI. Preserving the Seeds for Vegetation 54

PART II.

THE MEDICAL HISTORY OF TEA 59

THE

NATURAL HISTORY

OF THE

TEA-TREE.

_PART THE FIRST._