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at clearing, should only be carried out under skilled super- 

 vision, and with the greatest caution, A warm steamy 

 atmosphere is necessary for the growth of nearly all the best 

 shade trees, and such is not to be found at high altitudes. 

 There is always a zone, beyond which coffee cannot be grown 

 with success,and in the same manner in regard to shade trees, 

 it will be invariably found that every square mile or so of 

 country has its peculiarities and requirements. 



It should be a standard rule, that useless or objection- 

 able trees may always be removed ; but that those known 

 to be good for shade, should be scrupulously preserved. 

 It is well to remember, that a young coffee tree, plant- 

 ed in the open, will be unduly forced will in fact be 

 " hastily run up" andean never be calculated upon last- 

 ing like a tree which has been gradually allowed to 

 develop itself. A heavy crop may be readily obtained 

 without an entire clearance ; and as in former years all the 

 failures occurred in the "open," it should be always con- 

 sidered dangerous in the extreme, to adopt any system in 

 the hope that sufficient shade may subsequently be arranged 

 for. Many circumstances may occur to prevent the neces- 

 sary attention being paid to the plant ing or rearing of shade 

 in the first season ; and the first weeding operation, carelessly 

 performed, may entirely remove all prospect of success. 



I readily acknowledge that in many case& in clearing 

 inferior classes of jungle, it is very difficult to preserve 

 enough trees for shade ; but in all the best lands of the 

 Woodaway type, I am of opinion that with a general know- 

 ledge of requirements and the names of the various trees, no 

 difficulty should be experienced. Every undertaking re- 

 quires care and forethought, and when it is known that future 

 success entirely depends on the manner in which shade is 

 arranged for ; the operation of clearing surely demands the 

 earnest care of all would-be Coffee Planters. A tree left 



