l84 OTHER VARIETIES. 



Southern States, in which it is led to believe that the 

 soil and climatic conditions of Texas, Florida and Lower 

 California will be found suitable to the profitable cultiva- 

 tion of coffee. It is also claimed that a species of wild 

 coffee has been discovered in the two latter States, and 

 that in California seed has been planted obtained from 

 Costa Rica with satisfactory results. A coffee planter 

 from Guatemala has recently been investigating the soil 

 and climate of San Bernardino in Lower California with 

 a view to the introduction of coffee culture in that sec- 

 tion. The conditions there, it is stated, are very favorable 

 for its profitable production, and he has offered to invest 

 capital in a company to be organized to start the industry. 



