Tea Plants. } New Holland. { Leptospermum scoparium Tasmanian Tea.} { and L. Thea. { Melaleuca genistifolia, { and M. scoparia. Unnamed. Chili. Myrtus ugni. Colony Tea. Cape of Good Hope. { Helichrysum { serpyllifolium. Mountain Tea. N. America. Gualtheria procumbens. Labrador Tea.} N. America. { Ledum palustre and James’s Tea. } { Ledum latifolium. Toolsie Tea. India. Ocymum album. Oswego Tea. N. America. { Monarda didyma and { M. purpurea. Unnamed. France. { Micromeria thea { sinensis. Sage Tea. North Europe. Salvia officinalis. Ama tsja: Tea of Heaven. Japan. Hydrangea thunbergii. “Burr.” New Holland. Acæna sanguisorba. Santa Fé Tea. New Granada. Styrax alstonia. Unnamed. Central America. Capraria bifolia. Cape Barran Tea. New Holland. Correa alba. Capitão da matto. Brazil. Lautana pseudo thea. Faham or Bourbon Tea. Mauritius. Angrœcum fragrans. Brazilian Tea. Austria. { Stachytarpheta { jamaicensis. Mexican Tea. Mexico and Columbia.{ Chenopodium { ambrosoides. Apalachian Tea. N. America. { Viburnum Cassinoides, { and Prinos glaber. A tea is also made of coffee leaves, and this infusion has been drunk for an unknown time in the Eastern Archipelago, especially in the island of Sumatra. It is said to be an agreeable beverage, and is preferred by the natives to the berry. J. A. [Illustration] [Illustration] [Illustration] COFFEE. Its Growth and Birthplace—Where most Drank—Legends as to its Origin—Its Gradual Spread—Introduction into Europe and England—Pasqua Rosee’s Handbill—The English Coffee Houses—Their Rules—A Poem about Coffee Houses. Next to tea, Coffee is, perhaps, the infusion most drank, its use being universal in Turkey, Egypt, Persia, and most Mahometan countries; and on the continent of Europe, with the exception of Russia, it is a greater favourite than tea. In Norway and Sweden it is especially drank, whilst tea is comparatively disused.