A Delicious Summer Beverage

Pour four quarts of freshly boiling water upon five teaspoonfuls of tea; cover, and let stand for five minutes; strain, sweeten to taste, and cool; half fill a punch-bowl with cracked ice, add the strained juice of four lemons and the tea. You can add to this small pieces of pineapple, cherries, five bananas (thinly sliced), a handful of mint, and more sugar or lemon-juice if required.