Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1898 — A Tea Plant in New York. [ARTICLE]

A Tea Plant in New York.

A tea plant in full bloom is seen in a New York show window. It came fiom Northern Japan two years ago. and has been kept at an even temperature of between 70 and 80 degrees. Under these conditions it grew from a height of 18 inches to 36, and is a line specimen of vigorous plant life.