Lib. 1. Cap. 132._ makes a great Difference between them in the following Passage: "The _Myrtus Sativa_ of _Pliny_, which I describe in this Chapter, is not like other Plants, sown in continued Tracts of Ground; and though it thrives better in Gardens, than in uncultivated Soils, this is not the only Difference between it and the _Myrtus Agrestis_, which is a Plant of an intirely different Kind, which the _Greeks_ call _Oxymyrsene_, and the _Latins_, _Ruscus_; for, upon Comparison, the _Myrtle_ is milder than the _Ruscus_, whose cuspidated Leaves are pricking and sharp. It is, however, certain, that the _Ruscus_ was, by some of the Antients, called _Myrtus Sylvestris_." I do not remember, that any Botanist has brought such a Charge against our _Chamelæagnus_, since it is universally enumerated among the Species of true _Myrtle_, though of the wild Kind. The Reason why _Martinius_ calls the _Chamelæagnus_ a cultivated Plant, as I suppose, is, because the _Chinese_, seeing us so fond of _Tea_, have begun to cultivate it, in order to draw the Profits arising from it, just as the _Europeans_ do the Vine, for the Sake of the Grapes, the _Persians_ the _Mulberry-Tree_, for the Silk; the Inhabitants of _Narbon_ and _Provence_, the _Ilex Coceigera_, for the Sake of the _Cochineal_; or the _Americans_ the _Tobacco_, on account of the large Quantities of it imported into _Europe_. As _Trigautius_ thinks it not impossible for _Tea_ to grow in some Parts of _Europe_, and as _Rhodius_ affirms, that the _Chinese_ are as busy in the Time of gathering their _Tea_, as the _Europeans_ are in their Harvest; so, it is probable, that some Tracts of Land may be sown with _Tea_ in _China_; notwithstanding which, it is more agreeable to the usual Way of speaking, to call _Tea_ rather a wild, than cultivated Shrub. The _Chinese_ also, according to _Rhodius_, do not gather all the Leaves produced by the Shrub, but only such as appear first in the _Spring_, and are soft and tender, which they also gather, one after another. Hence I infer, that the Leaves in the _Summer_, are very unlike those in the _Spring_, which is also observed in those of our _Chamelæagnus_, with respect to Softness, Smoothness, and Colour; so that it is not to be wondered at, if the _Chinese Chamelæagnus_ appears milder than our own; since they collect, prepare, and dry theirs in a quite different Manner from us: "For, first, they put it in an Iron Pan, and warm it gently over a slow Fire; then, they wrap it up in a smooth, thin Cloth, and again expose it to the Fire, till it is corrugated, and shrivelled up." Hence it is, that our _Chamelæagnus_, when macerated in warm Water, is of a different Colour, Taste, and Smell from the _Chinese Tea_, though their Effects are the same, only those of the former are stronger and more considerable than those of the latter. If, therefore, in our Country, the _Chamelæagnus_ was gathered with the same Circumstances,