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Show AMERICAN TEA. Georgia is going to try her hand once more at tea growing. Those who have investigated tho subject assures us that tho obstacle 'to the culture of tea successfully in the southern stales is tho want of experience, experi-ence, but chiefly of cheap labor. The tea tree of China has been grown , by BOveral persons in Georgia, from the Piedmont region to the sea coast This Bhrub is a hary and vigoroui evergroen, and thrives as well witl us as in China and Japan. It growi from three to five feet high, a neat, compact, laurl-leaved shrub, with pretty white flowers in spring, and it quite ornamental. It is perfectly hardy and will stand any exposure lc the climate, and hus been tested in Athens and many other localities in Georgia. VVo are told it would bo an easy matter for any family that has a homo and a few feet of ground to produce their own tea, and a litllo to sell, Its general introduction for homo use would most likely lead to its production for the people to learn befuro they aro able to manufacture the ai ticlo as wo get it from China; hut it is said a very good too, and free from adulteration, can bo made by simply pickiug and drying tho leaves in the sumo manner thai Huge leaves aro cured. 2A. Y. Bulletin. |