PREFACE. 



IN the following pages no pretensions are made to 

 literary composition or elegance of diction. They 

 are put forth simply as hints, both to those who 

 purpose engaging actively in the cultivation of coffee,, 

 and as a guide to others who wish to know somewhat 

 of the nature of the undertaking they are engaged in, 

 when they subscribe for shares in any of the numerous 

 coffee companies which are so frequently launched. 

 During his planting experience of nearly a quarter of 

 a century, the author has frequently, both in his own case 

 and in that of others, had occasion to regret the absence 

 of any such information as is here sought to be 

 afforded, and if this publication should in any measure 

 supply a need which is generally admitted, by those 



