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garden-bed, two inches deep. In April it snowed, 

 and was so cold that the windows were covered 

 with ice for two. days. Notwithstanding this un- 

 favourable prospect, five of the berries appeared 

 above ground in the latter part of June, and all the 

 rest previous to the middle of July. They grew 

 rapidly, being in a shady situation, and a soil some- 

 what sandy but well manured. In September of 

 the same year they had attained a height of about 

 six inches, and dropped their small leaves during 

 Michaelmas. During the winter he covered them 

 with a little hay, and afterwards with snow ; both 

 of which were removed in the fine weather of April. 

 In this simple manner they were defended against 

 the severity of German winters, and in the fifth 

 year four of the little trees produced together 

 seventy-six berries. By the inattention of the 

 gardener two of the plants died in the very 

 hard frosts of 1798 ; yet the remaining eighteen 

 were all in full blossom in the ensuing spring, 

 and yielded in autumn three pounds and a half 

 of coffee berries, the flavour of which was not 

 inferior to that imported from the island of Mar- 

 tinico." 



It is thus evident that great warmth of climate 

 is not absolutely essential to the mere existence oi 

 the plant ; our object, however, goes much further 

 than this, being to cultivate it in a climate where it 



