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Wa(h and clean the leaves of the Coffee 

 trees, and other woody plants in the bark- 

 ftove, to cleanfe them from infeds and filth : 

 and pick off all decayed leaves, which if left 

 on, would infecft the air of the houfe. The 

 furface of the earth in the pots (liould alfo be 

 frequently ftirred, to prevent its binding, and 

 fhould always be kept free from weeds. 



The Anana plants will now fhew their 

 fruit apace, fo that they fhould be frequently 

 watered, giving them but litde each time, to 

 bring them forward and keep the fruit fwell- 

 ing; and the tan muft be kept in a moderate 

 temperature of warmth ; for if that is fuffered 

 to decline at this feafon, the plants will change 

 their colour, and the fruit will be rendered 

 fmall, and worth little. Toward the end of 

 this month you muft prepare fome frefti bark 

 to make the fummer beds for the Ananas, in- 

 to which they fhould be plunged fome time 

 the next month. But this is to be only under- 

 ftood of thofe plants which are for a fucceffion, 

 and the fuckers of the laft feafon , nor fliould 

 thefe be removed too early into the beds, unlefs 

 there is a fire-place to warm the air in bad wea- 

 ther ; for the warmth of the bark alone will 

 not be fufficient for thefe plants, before the 

 beginning of April, when the fun will have 

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