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high. The grain of this species of coffee is 

 small, and it contains a high percentage of pea- 

 berries. This " Conillon " coffee (coffea Cane- 

 pfiora) contains 10 per cent, more of caffeine 

 than other varieties, and is a heavy cropper. 

 I understand that the seeds can be obtained 

 from Messrs. Eickholff Carneiro Leao & Co., 

 Eua Moreira Cesar 77, Eio de Janeiro, Brazil. 

 Dr. Sixto Alberto Padilla, in the " Bulletin 

 de Fomento " of Costa Eica, No. 10, has 

 written a most interesting article on coffee, and 

 he refers to a visit to a plantation called ' ' Santa 

 Alda," where he found the following varieties 

 of coffee cultivated " Caf Amarillo," or Cafe" Amariiio 

 yellow coffee ; " Cafe Hibrido de Liberia " ; and or Yellow 

 " Caf Eojo," or red coffee. He describes them Coffee * 

 as follows : There is a diversity of opinion 

 as to whether this is a variety of Arabian 

 coffee or if it is a new species. He 

 thinks that yellow coffee is a new variety 

 for the following reasons. The tree is, 

 as a rule, of a pyramidical shape ; the 

 colour of the cherries when they are ripe is of 

 a yellow tint not red, as in the other kinds of 

 coffee. The leaves are larger and the beans 

 are more of a circular form or shape. The 

 parchment is thinner and more transparent, 

 and the appearance of the tree is stronger and 

 finer than that of the other species. Chemically 



