The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1851-01-04

GOLDEN Crow IRA PLANTATION,


cialIy the ladies. aud write to me from Va
rious parts OF the Union for samples Of m,
tea; for power 10 act ms agent in tn,
disposal Of ii, and for several reasons con
nected with the subject, jus, rs If hae
some millions Of pounds laid up In stor,
waiting market Ny fair friends, from
whose hands | am always gratiied to re
ceive communications, forget that they dc
not come 10 maturity quite as soon ms
/ garden of flowers, The latter spring NJ
almost as soon as sown, developc their va
ried beauties, diiusc their Intoxicating fra.
GRANGE. and are gone forever. The former
continue their slow, stately. and enduring
growth; carry forward thor accommodating
cxcellenclcs, and ripen int old age. The
lower, the ocrip,ural emblem of abbrcyia.
ed time, and the approaches OF eternity,
delights the senses but cares not to waste
itself in proiractcd life. The trees nourish
and enrich their cultiyator, and then see
him laid in his grave and another stand
upon his place, Tho tree plantation il an
inheritance for chidrcu's children. and or.
dinarily the slower its growth the longer
lis duration. This is the reason why some
expense attends the planting and cultivation
OF trees OF any kind. not Incident to pro.
duets OF n more transient nature. The tea
plant makes no return of ten until the tea
nut has been three years in growth, or rath.
er ought not, because pluckng the leaves
at an earlier age is injurious to the plant,
But then. when we'll established, ii will re-.
torn to reward the hopes and industry of
the husbandman an annual crop Of Tea for
thirty y"ars--a sure provision for future
generations without interfering with any
other branch of agriculture. The cultIva.
ton of the tea plant is.a clean, neat and
delightful employment for any one who has
taste for rural pursuits. fastened upon
the quiet, peaceful. and delightful occupa
ton Of tea cultivation. aud have no reason
to regret my choice han the enjoyment
of the best society in the world, in small
select library always ready to contribute to
my instruction. and amusement
Nv advances in this department of cult.
walton have been quite as rapid as ! expect.
ed The Introduction of the tea plant
new to this country new soil aud new
climate. without experience, aud without
experimental results to guide one in the
pursuit, it would have been folly to rush
into an uutricd field without ascer,aning
the fitness Of the ground to be occupied
for the growth of just such n plant All
ihat has been done, and the pllnts them.
selves show their adaptation to the soil aud
climate of our native country. Nothing
remains to insure a tea crop but to plant
and cultivate, and that not in one district,
hut over the face of the Mon Not every
tea plant any more than every tree of any
other kind, not every tea nut any more than
every seed of any other sort, Will live and
expand. No body can expect that howev.
cr sound the nut or however promising the
plants may be- | never knew ease in
which all came to maturity.
We cam i ba governed here by any fix.
ed time fer planting tea nuts, because we
are rs vet unable to grow our own nuts,
aud must, therefore, be governed by the
time when we receive them from China,
which is always from six to nine moths af.
ter they ripen, But rs the nuts must of
necessity be well dried before they are
shipped, to keep AT all, do not know that
the season of the wear in this climate can
ma Je amy material difference | believe
tn al nts should be planted SO soon as
ID rir'a where that is practicable, and
the, will probably ecrminate in the spring,
planted amouds, English wanu,s, and
Spanish che.tru.s II March, t. O years ago.
The almond. came ~ tpcrg ~ well bat
were greatly deficient IN "a. nifty. eonsid
ering the number planted But 30 IA s.r.
prise, | found the following spriag, after
having been twelve months in the ground.
many terminating aud appearing above
ground. The Spanish chcstuuts I'LL perish
ed; but got fifteen plants. This resul,
laugh, me that they should have been plant.
ed in the autumn. have now changed
my system of planting sea nuts, and con.
time to plant every month have plant.
cd thus far. beginning IN March, every
month since, excepting April, when ] was
ont of seed, shall couiinue lha; system
Of planting until my own plants come
to sufficient maturity to produce nuts from
my own plantation.
The tea plant hare put out in December
and June with equal success. and see no
reason why the tea nut should not do rs
well as the plants At the same time
deem it advisable to coniiGuc importations,
because we cannot expect to grow Tor sew
eral wears 10 come the quantity we shall
desire TO plant, and irrc-sse we want all the
varieties il is possible TO obtain. and not be
confined TO any description of tea nuts or
plants. II the object in view was mere
curiosity aud botanical exhibition of the
plant, it would he of little consequence
what description of tea plant we cultivate
But as we contemplated, at the commence
mcnt of the enterprise, an extensive eul'
tivation IN all suitable parts Of the Union,
the species of plan, introduced, 1t Incomes
Of incalculahle consequence. No one
would choose to have a plantation of one
kind ci pears or of one kind of peaches
only.
have now several varieties Of both the
green and black tea plant, and no doub,
their seed will correspond with the plant.
These varieties are not only distinct IN APP
pcarance Of color, but Of grow,h--some
more hnshy. others less so; some tall and
slender, others short and stackv. All. I
appreheild, show that the principle am
acting upon j. correct, and one most likely
to lead TO the attainment Of the great OBJ.
oct am laboring to achieve.
have been more successful this year
than at any former period, both IN Obtain.
/ ing FIST rate plants and nuts in China, and
| in their arrival IN the hest and most perfect