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length are used, which, at a sHght incline, are put into 

 the ground. The „Albizzia", on the contrary, is sown. The 

 seed is left in luke-warm water for one night and then 

 sown in seed-plots. The sheltering-trees are planted at 

 the same time or some months before the young coffee- 

 trees, as the latter want light and a certain quantity of 

 sunshine during the first year. If there is too much shade, 

 the young coffee-tree grows to too great a height. 



§ 4. The planting of the coffee-tree. 



The coffee-tree is sown. The ripe berry, after having 

 been freed from its husk and washed with water mixed 

 with ash, to take off the sUmy substance surrounding the 

 grain, leaves a bean composed of two parts (the so-called 

 masculine coffee-bean forms one whole) in a husk. These 

 parts are sown separately In the beginning of the year, 

 from January to April, according to the height in question 

 (in high grounds earlier), the grains, so prepared, are planted 

 a little under the surface, at a distance of 15 cm. apart, 

 in well (artificially) shaded seed-plots. 



Twice as many grains are sown as the number 

 of trees required, because the grains do not all thrive 

 equally well and also to reserve plants for replacing the 

 dead ones. 



As the plant develops the cover of the seed-plots 

 is partly removed, and this is done entirel}^, as soon as 

 the plant has reached a height of "'U feet (20 to 25 cM.) 



