8. Baron Ferdinand von Mueller, `Select Extra-Tropical
Plants,' p. 221:

"The somewhat aromatic leaves of <i>Liscoparium</i> (Forster)
were already in Captain Cook's Expedition used for an
antiscorbutic Tea, hence the name tea-tree for this and some
allied plants."

1888. D. Macdonald, `Gum Boughs,' p. 76:

"The intrusive ti-tree. . . . The dark line of ti-tree in the
foreground . . ."

1889. T. Kirk, `Forest Flora of New Zealand,' pp. 235, 236:

"<i>Leptospermum scoparium</i>, Forster, the <i>Manuka</i>.
. . . It is commonly termed `tea-tree' by the settlers, but
must not be confounded with the `ti' or `toi' of the Maories,
which is a handsome palm-lily, <i>Cordyline australis</i>,
often termed `cabbage-tree' by the bushmen."

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 38:

"<i>Leptospermum scoparium</i>, Tea Tree. It is said that this
is the shrub the leaves of which were utilized by the crews of
Captain Cook's ships for the purpose of making `tea,' and that
they were also used with spruce leaves in equal quantity for
the purpose of correcting the astringency in brewing a beer
from the latter. It is exceedingly common about Sydney, so
large quantities would therefore be available to the sailors.
Species of this genus are exceedingly abundant not far from the
coast, and the leaves would be very readily available, but the
taste of the infusion made from them is too aromatic for the
European palate."

[In Maiden's admirable book slips are very rare. But he is
mistaken here in the matter of the abundance of the tree at
Sydney having any reference to the question. Captain Cook had
but one ship, the <i>Endeavour</i>; and it never entered Port
Jackson. It is true that <i>L. scoparium</i> was the tree used
by Cook, but he was then at Dusky Bay, New Zealand, and it was
there that he used it. See quotations 1777 and 1877.]

1890. C. Lumholtz, `Among Cannibals,' p. 24:

"The well-known <i>Melaleuca Leucadendron</i>, called by the
colonists tea-tree, from which is extracted what is known in
medicine as cajeput oil."

1893. `The Australasian,' Jan 14:

"The ti-tree on either side of the road was in bloom, its soft,
fluffy, creamy bushes gathering in great luxuriance on the tops
of the taller trees, almost hiding the green."

1893. `The Argus,' April 29, p. 4, col. 4:

"There was many a shorthorned Hereford hidden in the innermost
recesses of that tick and sand-fly infested ti-tree that knew