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Bales of cotton were imported to this country through Liverpool docks. It was spun and woven into cloth in the manufactories full of new machines in the north of England. Conditions in the factories may have been tough for the workers, but eventually they were to benefit like everyone else from the mass production of cheap cloth.

At the beginning of the eighteenth century, tea was an expensive import from China, and later India. It was only drunk by the rich. and was often known by its Chinese name of chay or char. Eventually tea came to take the place of beer as the standard drink of the working classes. It is thought the boiling of (probably dirty) water to make tea helped reduce the death rate in this century. (See Transport in Victorian times - the tea clipper).

Which plant is cotton and which is tea?

		Georgian Plants Plants were collected from around the world both for their medicinal properties and beauty. New imports were arranged and classified in 'physic gardens' such as the one at Kew (from around 1759). A new profession developed of gardeners and landscape improvers offering advice. A range of gardening books were now available. The painting of flowers for their beauty rather than use in herbals (books explaining the medicinal use of plants) began in seventeenth century. The Georgian period, however, became the great age of flower painting. The flowers in the picture were first seen in this country in Georgian times. What are they? Click the picture for an answer.
New plants made gardens and parks look very different.
Bales of cotton were imported to this country through Liverpool docks. It was spun and woven into cloth in the manufactories full of new machines in the north of England. Conditions in the factories may have been tough for the workers, but eventually they were to benefit like everyone else from the mass production of cheap cloth. At the beginning of the eighteenth century, tea was an expensive import from China, and later India. It was only drunk by the rich. and was often known by its Chinese name of chay or char. Eventually tea came to take the place of beer as the standard drink of the working classes. It is thought the boiling of (probably dirty) water to make tea helped reduce the death rate in this century. (See Transport in Victorian times - the tea clipper). Which plant is cotton and which is tea?
		The two plants in this picture changed lives! One is the cotton plant and the other is tea.
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