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-H inches long and 8 inches broad. In fact, the Liberian coffee is to 
Arabian what the Assam tea is to China; the former grows to the size 
of a small tree, whereas the latter is only a shru 
A number of the Liberian coffee trees came out into blossom in 
January, and a good many have set into fruit; it takes a twelvemonth 
to, ripen, and so we shall expect our first bosriés to be ready for 
gathering about next December; but the first erop is always a light 
. one, and as al ort of the plants threw out blossom we cannot ex- 
Lead any rn this year; but the power of the plant to produce 
ruit at all in if third year rity one would think, give it an immense 
advantage over the Arabian, which does not come on until its fourth or 
fifth year. 
Extract from viten from Mr. J. J. Cotes : HARDINGE, Rangoon, 
dated 10th June 1884. 
‘The Liberian ‘coffee pests yon sent to the Agri- i eio 
‘Society some, years ago have thriven wonderfully well. From the 
plants in the Garden, about 10, Mes seedlings have been PET and ive 
been distributed over the prov viz. :—Ta avoy, Mergui, Taun ng-ngu, 
Prome, iei ii hill rere et of this coffee may now be said to 
pann everywh tha as taken very well here. Several privategentlemen 
have begun esting it out (on large areas of suitable ground) i in the 
suburbs of Rangoon. 
EXTRACT from a Letior from Dr. H, A. Arronp NicHorrs, F.L.S., 
Dominiea, dated 24th September 1884. 
Owing to the hurricane of September last year I lost nearly a 
whole of the crop and most of the trees were thrown down. Howev 
they were soon raised and tied to stakes firmly planted in the gioi 
and most of the trees recovered in a few months. The trees appear to 
of the trees would have been broken off at the crown. Indeed, in a few 
instances the larger trees were broken in this manner, but their large 
. mass of branch and foliage was exposed to the full blast of the wind, 
. and as the tap root is very long, the inn gave way near to the ground. 
in no case was one uprooted. The line e of fracture was irregular, each 
Jandle of fibres showing, as it were, a separate SAME asunder. ‘lhe 
trees are now loaded again with berries, and at time a small 
pu ds The ha is taking place, For the invisa of picking 
e tën 
than my Dominios] Liberian coffee, notwithstanding the fact that it is 
Mai ees more — a ne the plantation was devastated by a 
