of the most delicately delicious description. 'Tis worth going 

 to the West Indies to see the sight and inhale the per- 

 fume." 



Plate 2 represents a coffee plantation in Jamaica. 



In the culture of the tree there is a singular difference in 

 the western and eastern hemispheres, inasmuch as in the 

 former shade is considered injurious, whilst in the latter it is 

 held to be desirable, if not absolutely necessary. 



