Two Visits to the Tea Countries of China and the British Tea Plantations in the Himalaya: With a Narrative of Adventures, and a Full Description of the Culture of the Tea Plant, the Agriculture, Horticulture, and Botany of China, Volumen2John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1853 A third and preferred edition of the narrative exploits of Robert Fortune, the famous plant hunting seedsman. He traveled on commission from the East India Company and was the first European to reach Bohea, the heart of tea country. The materials he gathered there, after several adventures, were sent back to India and became the progenitors of the Darjeeling and Assam plantations. See Stafleu & Cowan, pages 862-863. |
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