by the poft, but when thtif'Mn fteffth a fortnight in 



their journey they have all failed-, and this has con- 



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xtanwv.-rr --^ - ■ I ^"^i^^ P'^"^5 ^^^1 "^ake but an indifferent appearance 



were fent from Holland t6 Paris did not. grow, nor the following winter, if they Ihould furvive it : there- 

 -did thofe i^hich w^re font from Paris to England fore it is the better method to keep thein conftarftly 



- ■ ' ■'-''- ^ "•-''--' ""-^ ' in theftove, and admit a proportionable Iharebf air 



to them every^ day, according to the heat of the 

 feafbn ; they will require water two or three tirries a 



.young pkncs miift be ferif^ if it be at any diftance 

 -from the place whc^re theygrow.^ 



^. d in fmall pot5, filled I , Xveekjn warm weather, but -in the winter they muft 



with light kitchen-garden earth, and plunged info a ' have it rfidre fparingly- and the 'ftove in which thdy 



.hot-bed of tanner^barkv the pots muft be watered j - are placed, fhould be kept to the heat affigned for 

 gently once or twice a week, but the earth* rriuft hot 

 be too moift, left it rot the berries/ "^ If the bed be 



•of a proper temperature of warnith, tfie'plafitS will 



-appear in a month or five weeks timCj '^<i in about 



-two months more will be iif^ fo frTrifplafit. ^Fdras 



-mnnv nf the berriGS will Droduce'two plants. To the 



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: fooner they are parted, Oik htttct tfrdii* roots ^ill be 

 ".formed J for when they groW double till they have 

 -liiade large roofs, thef'\vill be fo iritermixed.and en- 



: tangled, as to fender it difEciult to feparate them . _ ^ 



."without tearing off their fibres, which will greatly ' rotten fibres flionld be pruned off, and thofe which 



"are clofely matted to the fide of the pots ffiould be 



thermometqrs 

 There has been fonie of thefe plants propagated by 

 cuttings, ahd alfo from layers v but thefe are long 

 . before they make rooti, and the plants fo "raired, are 

 ■never fo ftrong and thriving as thofe which arife 

 from berries i therefore where the berrieis can be jprb- 

 cured, it is much the belt rriethod to ptopagate the 

 plants by feeds. 



When the plants are tranfplanted, their roots fhould 

 •not be tob' inucK cut or trimmed; tlie decayed or 



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When 



fepa 



trimmed, but not cut too near to the ftem ; for the 



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pecially thofe which are become tough, fo that there 

 ihould arways-tie a fufficient number of youiig 

 fibres left to fupport the plants, till new ohes ire 





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twith the fame earth as before, and plunged int6 the I old fibres do hot put out new roots very kindly, ef- 



t'tan-bed again; which fhould be ftirred up to the 



-bottom, and if required, fome new tan fhould be 

 'mixed with it, to renew the heat. Then the plants 



:lhould be' gently watered, and the glaffes of the hot- 



.-bed muff be fhaded every day till they have take'h hew 



MQot;' after which the plftntj f^buld have free air 



f admitted to them everj^ day, in proportion to the 



-warmth of the feafon : during the fummef they will 



^require frequently to be refrelhed wfth water, but 



,'they muft not have it in too great plenty : for if their 

 * i roots are kppt too moift>* tlicy are very Tubjeft to rot, 



then the leaves will ibon decay and drpp off,^ and 



the , 



tplaiits' being difordered, isi, fheil leaves fweatihg but 



'uice, which atttf 4(9:5 the fmall infefts, that 





:are feldom recovered again. 



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:lyinfeft the' plants 

 ealth, thefe infefts 



not be deftroyed, 



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till the plants are recovered to vigour : for although 



tihe plants are ever fo carefully wafhed ^d cleaned 



'"' from them, yet they will be toon attacked by them 



...•^lEgain, if they are not recovered, to health, for thefe 



^.':^infe& ore^ never feen upon any of the plants while, 



;they are^ in" perfect vigour j but. when^ t}iey are dif- 



- ordered, they foon '^read over ^1 the leaves and 



'..tender parts of the plants, and multiply exi^eedmgly; 



^ibi that upon the firft attack, the plants fhould be 



'.ihifted into frefli earth, and all poffible care taten to 



• ';^recover them, without which aH the wafhing "and 



Vcleaning of the plants will be to little purpofe. The 



...difordcrs attending the Coffee-trees, generally proceed 



vfrom' either being put into pQ^s Coo large for them, 



. inothing being of worfe confeqiiemzethM over potting 



; or from the eartft being* tdo ftiff, or over- 



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'The/Coffeeplani?s"'Were firft carried from Arabia to 

 Batavia by the Dutch, and Frcim thence they were 

 afterward brot,ight to Holland, where great numbers 

 ■ of the plants were raifed frdtti the berries which thofe 

 'plants produced, arjd from thefe moft of the gardens 

 'in Europe have been furnifhed. A great nuniberof 

 - thefe yoLTng plants, which were raifed at Amfterdam, 

 were feht to Suriaam by the proprietors of that ifland, 

 -where the frees were foon propagated in great plehty, 

 -ifld^frbm thenc^ the plants have been difperfed to 

 •■mbft of the ifland'^ in the Weft Indies : for as the 

 plants f-aifed frdrii the berries, produce fruit in "two 

 years^' from plimtirig, arid in the warm countries 

 .fo6iier, fo plantations 6f thefe trees may be foon made 

 in afty of thofe countries, whete the temperature of 

 -'■ffie air is proper for their produftion, but the trees; 

 wifl'not grow in the open air any where if there is a 



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cxv^er: 



; ' ^are properly taken care of, and the ftove keJ5t alway 



' ; *ia a proper temperature of heat, the plants will thrive 



;_ ft and produce plenty of fruit. ' - = '^ r^^vji^.!;;* • v 



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Jot thefe plants, but have found none of them equal 

 -to'^that 'of a kitchen-garden,.' where tHe foil Is na-' 



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fubjeiS: tp bind ; and 



conftantly been well wrought and properly i^uii'ged. 



this 



thai- 



plant^ fhouU not be 





^ '^potted twice a year at moft, it will be fufficient ; 



' i though urilefs the plants make great progrefs, they 



^^ ^^t require to be renrxoved often'er than once in a 



\ yeair, which fhould be in fun;imer, that they may have 



time to get good roots again before winter. During 



'^ttic warm weather in uimmer, thefe plants fhould 



V have a large Ihare of air, but they muft not be wholly 



abroad .„ 



the appearance of thriving in thr 



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open air 



^ter: fo that in all countries without the tropics, 

 "^H<^d4nnot be expe6led to grow abroad. ^ "' 



' The French have made great plantations of thefe 

 'trees in their fettlements in the Weft Indies, and alfo 

 in thellle of Bourbon, from whence they import great 

 ' quantities of Coffee annually to France ; which al- 

 though greatly inferior in quality to the Arabian,' yet 

 it is confumed, otherwife they would not continue 

 that branch of commerce. In the Britifh colonies of 

 - Americfa, there have been fome large plantations 

 made of Coffee-trees: and it was propofed to the 

 parliament, fome years paft, to give a proper en- 

 coui'agement for cultivating this commodity in Ame- 

 rica, fo as to enable the planters to underfell the im- 

 porters of Coffee from Arabia. Accordingly there 

 ■ was an abatement of the duty payable on all the Coffee 

 which fhould be of the growth of our colonies in 

 ^ America, which at that time was fuppofed would be 

 a fufficient encouragement for the planters to improve 

 this branch of commerce: but the produdtions of 

 thofe countries, being greatly inferior in quality to 

 that of Arabia, hath almoft ruined the projedl; and 



* untefs the planters can be prevailed on to try fome 

 ' experiments to improve its quality, there can be 



little hope of its becoming a valuable branch of trade; 

 therefore I fhall beg leave to offer my fentiments on 

 this article, and fmcercly willi what I have to pro- 

 pofe may be found ufcful for the inftruftion of the 

 Coffee planters ; for as my opinion is founded upon 

 experiments, fo it is not mere theory or fup- 



* pofition. . . 



The great fault of the Coffee which grows in Ame- 

 rica, and alfo in the ifie of Bourbon, is the want of 



flavour, or having a difagreeable one. The ^berries 



arc 



