Having described the finer Teas, we now come to the consideration of the classes of Tea which form the bulk of the manufacture of a garden. Souchong may be taken as the medium quality, and when experience and skilled labour are employed in the manufacture as the bulk of the produce of an estate. The qualifications for being comprehended under this term are just simply an even, straight, or slightly curved leaf, in length varying say from 1/2 inch to 1-1/2 inch. It has not the deep strength of Pekoe, but is generally of good flavour and of fair strength. The prices of Souchong are from 1_s._ 10_d._ to 2_s._ 8_d._ Congou comes next. It may be either a leaf of Souchong kind, but too large to come under that class, or though of smallish-sized leaf, too unevenly made, or too much curled (so as to resemble little balls) to be so classified. The flavour is much the same as that of Souchong, but the Tea has not so much strength. Some of the lower and large leaf kinds may be only worth perhaps from 1_s._ 3_d._ to 1_s._ 6_d._, whereas the finer qualities sell as high as 2_s._ to 2_s._ 3_d._ per lb. Bohea is again lower than a Congou. It may be either of too large a leaf to be called Congou, or, as is generally the case, it may consist principally of old leaf, which on being fired does not attain the greyish blackish colour which is so desirable for all the black leaf kinds except Flowery Pekoe, but remains of a brownish or even pale yellowish hue. It has scarcely any strength, and is generally of coarse flavour, sometimes not, but is never of much value unless of _Namuna_ kind (a term which will be described hereafter). We may quote prices at from 3_d._ to 1_s._ 2_d._ per lb. We now come to the broken descriptions of these middle and lower classes of Tea. Broken Mixed Tea is, as its name imports, a mixture of the various kinds of Tea broken. It may have a very wide range, include some of the lower classes or approach Broken Pekoe in character and value, but the kind usually thus named is a Tea worth from 1_s._ 8_d._ to 2_s._ 6_d._, generally of a blackish aspect, and containing a few Pekoe ends. The term Broken Souchong is commonly and appropriately applied to a Tea which, though broken, has some approach to a full leaf, and that of the even Souchong character. Its value may vary, say from 1_s._ 6_d._ to 2_s._ 2_d._ Broken leaf is a term of great comprehensiveness, but generally is used to signify a Tea worth from 8_d._ to 1_s._ 1_d._ per lb. It may be of a brownish, brownish blackish, or blackish colour. Its strength is seldom great, but its flavour may be fair or good, but in the lower qualities it is generally poor, thin, or coarse. It would be better to employ this term only as a general name of Broken Tea, and not to use it to signify any particular class, as it is very indefinite.