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gardens in Europe have been furnished. In 

 1696, it was cultivated at Fulham, by Bishop 

 Compton, and in 1714, the magistrates of 

 Amsterdam presented Louis the Fourteenth 

 with a coffee-tree, which was sent to the 

 royal garden at Marli. In 1718, the Dutch 

 colony, at Surinam, began first to plant 

 coffee ; and in 1722, M. de la Motte Aigron, 

 governor of Cayenne, contrived by an ar- 

 tifice to bring away a plant from Surinam, 

 which, by the year 1725, had produced many 

 thousands. The French authors affirm that 

 it was planted in the Isle of Bourbon, in the 

 year 1718, having been obtained from Mocha : 

 this seems doubtful; but it is ascertained that 

 M. Clieux carried the first coffee-plant to 

 Martinico, in 1720. M. Fusee Aublet states 

 that one tree only survived in the Isle of 

 Bourbon, which bore fruit in 1720. From 

 Martinico it spread to the neighbouring 

 islands. Sir Nicholas Laws first introduced it 

 into Jamaica, in the year 1728, and planted 

 it at Townwell Estate, now called Temple 

 Hall, in Liguanea : the first berries produced 

 from this tree sold at a bit each, which is 

 equal to 6d. In the year 1752 the export of 

 coffee from Jamaica was rated at 60,000 Ibs. ; 

 and it has continued regularly to increase 

 since that time, except when additional duties 



