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would appear that in these parts the Liberian coffee 

 can withstand its effects with comparative impunity. 



I here subjoin data collected in 1876, which has 

 been kindly placed at my disposal by James Irvine, 

 Esq., of the Exchange, Liverpool, which will be found 

 to embody very desirable information on the con- 

 ditions of circumstances surrounding the cultivation 

 of Liberian coffee in its home — Liberia : 



Q. Does the Liberian coffee grow well in the 

 immediate neighbourhood of the sea ; or is it desir- 

 able it should be planted at some distance from it ? 



A . The Liberian coffee grows equally well in the 

 immediate neighbourhood of the sea, and at consider- 

 able distances from it. Under like conditions of soil 

 and cultivation, trees near the sea-shore in Monrovia 

 are about the same as those at Careysburg, and other 

 places thirty miles distant. The wild coffee, from 

 which the cultivated comes, is found at even still 

 greater distances in the Interior. Our nearest trees 

 are a hundred yards from the sea. At Bassa and 

 Sinou, we are told trees grow well still nearer to 

 the sea. 



Q. What is the general temperature, and what the 

 elevation above the sea-level under which the Liberian 

 coffee thrives best ? 



A. Lowest temperature obsei-ved at Monrovia near 

 the sea, 62° Fahrenheit, at 7 o'clock A.M. in the month 

 of January, during the prevalence of the Harmattan 

 winds. Highest temperature observed 91° Fahrenheit 



