Two Visits to the Tea Countries of China and the British Tea Plantations in the Himalaya (Volume 2); With a Narrative of Adventures, and a Full ... Horticulture, and Botany of China - Softcover

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Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1853. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIX. Experiments with Tea-seeds -- Best Method of sending them to distant Countries -- How Oaks and Chestnuts might be transported -- Arrive at Calcutta -- Condition of the Collections -- Proceed onwards -- The Sunderbunds -- Arrive at Allahabad -- Reach Saharunpore -- State of the Tea-plants -- Chinese Manufacturers located -- I bid them farewell -- Remarks on Tea Cultivation in India -- Scenery about Nainee Tal --Victoria Regia. In the autumn of 1848 I sent large quantities of teaseeds to India. Some were packed in loose canvas bags, others were mixed with dry earth and put into boxes, and others again were put up in very small packages, in order to be quickly forwarded by post; but none of these methods were attended with much success. Tea-seeds retain their vitality for a very short period if they are out of the ground. It is the same with oaks and chestnuts, and hence the great difficulty of introducing these valuable trees into distant countries by seeds. In 1849, however, I succeeded in finding a sure and certain method of transporting tea-seeds to foreign countries in full life; and as this method will apply to all short-lived seeds as well as to those of the tea-plant, it is important that it should be generally known. It is simply to sow the seeds in Ward's cases soon after they are gathered. My first experiment was tried in the following manner. Having procured some fine mulberry-plants from the district where the best Chinese silk is produced, I planted them in a Ward's case in the usual way, and watered them well . In two or three days, when the soil was sufficiently dry, a large quantity of tea-seeds were scattered over its surface, and covered with earth about half an inch deep. The whole was now sprinkled with water, and fastened down with a few crossbars to ...

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