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Trees are found to fuccccd as well 

 as in their native Place of Growth j 

 but whether the Cojfee produc'd in 

 the Weji-Jndres, will prove as good 

 as that brought from Mocha y Time 

 will difcover : But if it fhould, it 

 may be of great Advantage, not 

 only to the Inhabitants there, but 

 alfo may turn to great Account in 

 the Wefi-India Trade. The man- 

 ner how this Tree was firft brought 

 into Europe, and the feveral Parts 

 of the World to which it is now 

 fpread, may be fully feen in Do- 

 ctor Douglafs's curious Account of 

 the Coffee, publifhed at London An- 

 no 1727. 



The Berries of this Plant are 

 commonly ripe with us in April ; 

 at which Time they fhould be 

 fown in Pots ot frefh liglit Earth, 

 covering them about half an Inch 

 thick with the fame light Earth ; 

 then plunge the Pots into a mode- 

 rate Hot-bed of Tanner's Bark, ob- 

 serving to refrefli them often with 

 Water} as alfo to raife the GlafTes 

 in the Heat of the Day, to admit 

 frefh Air; and in very hot Wea- 

 ther it will be proper to fhade the 

 GlalTes with Mats, for othervvile 

 the Earth in the Pots will dry too 

 fad, and prevent the Vegetation ot 

 the Seeds. I muft here obferve, 

 that the taking off the Pulp of 

 the Berries, which has been by 

 ibme People directed as ablblutely 

 ncceOary before they are planted, 

 is a great Miftake j tor I have ex- 

 perienced that thofe Berries which 

 xwcre planted whole as they came 

 from the Tree, produc'd ftronger 

 Plants, and came up fooner than 

 thofe which were clear 'd from the 

 Puipi and although they are com- 

 monly two Seeds in each Berry 

 (both which feldom fail to grow) 

 yet when the Plants are young, 

 they are eafiiy parted and planted 



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into feparate Pots ; which is abfb»- 

 lutely necefiary to be done, when 

 they are about an Inch and an 

 half high. When thefe Plants are 

 removed, great Care fhould be ta- 

 ken not to break or injure their 

 Roots, as alfo to preferve the Earth 

 to their Roots ; nor fhould they be 

 kept any Time out of the Ground ; 

 for if their Fibres are fufiter'd to Ji 

 dry, they are very fubjecft to mould, J 

 and perifli foon after. 



The Soil in which 1 have found 

 thefe Plants to thrive beft, was 

 compos'd in the following Manner; 

 viz.. one Load of frefh light Earth, 

 one Load of rotten Cow-Dung, 

 with half a Load of Sea-Sand : 

 Thefe were well mix'd together, 

 and laid in a Heap fix Months be- 

 fore it was ufed j in yvhich Space 

 it was turned feveral Times, the 

 better to incorporate the feveral 

 Parts. 



It mufl alfo be obferv'd, that in 

 tranfplanting thefe Plants, they 

 fhould never be put into Pots too 

 large, in which they feldom thrive : 

 The young Plants, when taken 

 out of the Pots in which they 

 were fown, fliould be planted each 

 into a fmall half- penny Pot fill'd 

 with the above-mention'd Earth, 

 and then plung'd into a moderate 

 Hot-bed of Tanner's Bark, obfer- 

 ving to water them frequently, 

 though they fhould not have too 

 much given them at one Time: 

 The GlaUcs fhould alfo be raifed to 

 admit frefli Air every Day, and in 

 the Heat of the Day, fliould be 

 fhadcd with Matsj for if they are 

 too much expos'd to the Sun, 

 they will perfpire fo freely, as to 

 have little Moifture remaining in 

 their Leaves, whereby they will 

 hang and appear very fickiy, as 

 will alfo the tender Shoots, by 

 which their Growth will be greit- 



