FORESTJiY OF WEST AFRICA. 107 



after, thereon of the then Superintendent of the Basel 

 Mission as regards the Aquapim range of hills, from 

 twelve to sixteen hundred feet high, and lying back 

 from the coast line some sixteen or seventeen miles 

 inland, which seemed then, and seems still, with one or 

 two exceptions, the locality in the Gold Coast Colony 

 where the coffee-tree has been cultivated. 



" The coflfee-leaf disease is not observed in Akwapen 

 (Aquapim), and is not Hkel>^ to infect the coffee-trees 

 in this part, as the soil is mixed with much mineral 

 substances, in particular iron-ore, which are used 

 against this disease. 



The two enemies of the coffee-tree here are, as 

 already known : — 



1. The coffee-bug, which, however, is doing no 

 great harm. 



2. The coffee-bore, of which there are two species 

 or kinds — 



a. One looks white grej-, and is more in the upper 

 part of the tree (stem) ; 



b. The other is reddish, and bores itself into the 

 roots of the tree and destroy it. 



The greater part of our coffee-trees suffer from this 

 disease : these insects are coming from the surrounding 

 forest, and nothing effective can be done against them. 

 This is the notice of our gardener, Mr. A. Paterol." 

 In July, 1882, ■\\-hilst on the Gold Coast, I placed 

 myself in communication with Mr. Rottmann, the 

 efficient Secretary of that praiseworthy and well- 



