Coffee Planting. 



of this beverage in heat or cold, in rainy or dry 

 weather, are extraordinary." 



From all quarters testimony without limit might 

 be accumulated to the same effect ; and, in fact, 

 which of us is not familiar with the grateful fragrance 

 and invigorating qualities of a good cup of coffee, 

 whether it be on the midnight journey, in the 

 temperature of an Indian "hot season," or during 

 exposure to the equally formidable winter of more 

 northern latitudes ? 



As a disinfecting agent, roasted coffee is in- 

 valuable. Dr. Shortt of Madras tells us, "It is 

 useful to purify any place having an offensive 

 smell, or foul air." The coffee beans should be 

 roasted in the vicinity of the room to be fumigated, 

 and when brown, and while quite hot, placed in 

 the centre, the doors and windows being mean- 

 while closed : by the time the coffee has cooled, 

 the room will have been rendered thoroughly pure 

 and sweet. 



It is evident that the merits of coffee as a 

 beverage would have remained unknown, but for 

 the discovery of the value of the roasting process. 

 For this discovery we are indebted to the Persians, 

 who practised this method of preparing it, long 

 before it was known to the Arabs. The name of 

 the fire-worshipper who thus became a benefactor 

 to mankind has not, unfortunately, been preserved. 



