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The Natural History of the Tea-Tree, with Observations on the Medical Qualities of Tea, and on the Effects of Tea-Drinking

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The Natural History of the Tea-Tree, with Observations on the Medical Qualities of Tea, and on the Effects of Tea-Drinking

John Coakley Lettsom

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Quaker physician John Coakley Lettsom gave the tea-tree the full botanical treatment: class and order, synonyms, soil and culture, gathering the leaves, and the medical effects of the infusion on the human body. A 1772 scientific portrait of the plant behind the world's politest habit. Tea examined before tea was questioned. Study the leaf like a naturalist.

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42 chapters

  1. 1THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE TEA-TREE,
  2. 2ADVERTISEMENT.
  3. 3PREFACE
  4. 4CONTENTS.
  5. 5PART THE FIRST.
  6. 6SECTION I. CLASS XIII. ORDER I.
  7. 7SECTION II. SYNONYMA.
  8. 8SECTION III. AUTHORS UPON TEA.
  9. 9SECTION IV. ORIGIN OF TEA.
  10. 10SECTION V. SOIL AND CULTURE.
  11. 11SECTION VI. GATHERING THE LEAVES.
  12. 12SECTION VII. METHOD OF CURING OR PREPARING TEA IN JAPAN.
  13. 13SECTION VIII. VARIETIES OF TEA.
  14. 14I. Those of the former are,
  15. 15II. The bohea Teas.
  16. 16SECTION IX. DRINKING OF TEA.
  17. 17SECTION X. SUCCEDANEA.
  18. 18SECTION XI. PRESERVING THE SEEDS FOR VEGETATION.

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