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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Smith, Junius 1780-1853 (search)
Smith, Junius 1780-1853 Lawyer; born in Plymouth, Mass., Oct. 2, 1780; graduated at Yale College in 1802; practised at the New Haven bar until 1805, when he was employed to prosecute a claim against the British government in the admiralty court of London. Successful, he afterwards embarked in commercial pursuits in connection with the United States, and won a fortune. In 1832 he engaged in the project for establishing a line of steamships to navigate the Atlantic Ocean from England to the United States. Through a prospectus, he pressed the matter upon the public mind, and succeeded, in 1836, in establishing the British and American Steam Navigation Company. The feasibility of the enterprise was proven in 1838 by the crossing of the Atlantic by the small steamer Sirius. Yet, before he could successfully carry out this grand project, which soon afterwards developed into vast importance, he engaged in an attempt to introduce the cultivation of the tea-plant into this country.
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), T. (search)
eaning, and the purpose equally indeterminate. It was originally intended for hangings, to hide the wall, or make a screen or curtain. Ovid mentions human figures as worked on the curtains of theaters. For an account of ancient tapestry, see Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, article Tapes. Tapestry is described in the Book of Exodus. Plato, the comic poet, namesake of the philosopher, says: — There the well-dressed guests recline On couches rich with ivory feetere it is terminated by the coast. Attempts have been made, it is said, recently, with considerable success, to introduce the culture of the plant into Ceylon. It has also been cultivated with some success in Northern India. About 1844, Dr. Junius Smith, of South Carolina, attempted the culture of tea in that State. The plants throve, but the product could not compete in price with that grown by cheap labor in China. In Brazil, the shrub is found to thrive even more luxuriantly than in Ch
The Daily Dispatch: September 27, 1861., [Electronic resource], Runaway (search)
essful horticulturists, has a number of tea plants now nearly, or quite two years old, which he represents as being very promising indeed. From his observation he believes that the three o'clock sun, in this latitude, is too hot for it, as it is partial to a cool, moist atmosphere. Hence it is inferred that a Northeastern exposure, or a partially shaded situation, is best adapted to its successful cultivation. Our recollection of the result of the investigations of the gentleman first alluded to — whose name, if our memory is correct, was Junius Smith — is, that he decided that the soil, climate, latitude, and exposure prevailing in the region of Greenville, S. C., were best suited to the tea plant. If we are right, and the experiments in progress in North Carolina, Georgia, and Louisiana, prove as favorable as they promise, there is an extensive belt of country in the Confederate States adapted to the cultivation and preparation of this valuable plant and favorite beverage