With respect to the present edition, subsequent information has enabled me to enlarge it with some important additions. Since the period of the original publication, the Tea-tree has been introduced into many of our gardens, and afforded the means of ascertaining its botanical characters. I have, at the same time, the pleasure to observe, that the first edition has received the approbation of some of the most distinguished botanists. Linnæus, as well as Haller, as soon as they had perused it, conveyed to me their approbation, in the kindest manner: Murray and Cullen, and recently Schreber, have made frequent references to its authorities. If these distinguished characters have approved the former, I am encouraged to hope that the present edition will not be less favourably received by the publick.
CONTENTS.
| PART I. |
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| The Natural History of the Tea Tree. |
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| 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. |
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| The Medical History of Tea | [59] |