 | Asa Gray, William Starling Sullivant - Botany - 1856 - 830 pages
...red root, van-ing exceedingly : branches downy. Flowers in pretty white clusters. — The leaves were used as a substitute for tea during the American Revolution. 2. C. OViiliS Bi^clow. Leaves narrowly oval or elliptical-lanceolate, finely glandular-serrate, glabrous... | |
 | Asa Gray - Botany - 1857 - 934 pages
...red root, varying exceedingly : branches downy. Flowers in pretty white clusters. — The leaves were used as a substitute for tea during the American Revolution. 2. C. ovitlts, Bigclow. Leaves narrowly oval or elliptical-lanceolate, finely glandular-serrate, glabrous... | |
 | Asa Gray - Botany - 1869 - 1034 pages
...red root, varying exceedingly : branches downy. Flowen in pretty white clusters. — The leaves were used as a substitute for tea during the American Revolution. 2. C. O vails, Bi<;clow. Leaves narrowly oval or elliptical-lanceolate, finely glandular-serrate, glabrous... | |
 | Henry Kraemer - Botany - 1907 - 864 pages
...is also official (p. 521). The leaves of the shrub known as New Jersey Tea (Ccanothus amcricanits) are said to have been used as a substitute for tea during the Revolutionary times. This plant is found in the Eastern United States and Canada and the root, which... | |
 | Henry Kraemer - 1914 - 830 pages
...Jour, i'harm., 1914. p. 389. The leaves of the shrub known as New Jersey Tea (Ccanothus americanits) are said to have been used as a substitute for tea during the Revolutionary times. This plant is found in the Eastern United States and Canada and the root, which... | |
 | American Chemical Society - Chemistry - 1919 - 1428 pages
...Americanus, Linnd (Fam. Rhamnaceae). — The leaves of this plant, commonly known as "New Jersey Tea," are said to have been used as a substitute for tea during the American Revolution A small quantity of the leaves was collected by Dr. RM Harper on October i in woods near Washington.... | |
 | Home economics - 1977 - 24 pages
...not grow. From July on, it produces fragrant white flowers in upright, oblong clusters. The leaves are said to have been used as a substitute for tea during the American Revolution. This shrub grows about 4 feet tall. New Jersey-tea is difficult to transplant. Set plants out very... | |
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July on, it produces fragrant white flowers in upright, oblong clusters. The leaves are said to have been used as a substitute for tea during the American Revolution. This shrub grows about 4 feet tall. New Jersey-tea is difficult to transplant. Set plants... 
