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will not grow ; which is the ehief 

 Reafon, that this Tree has not been 

 fpread into more different Countries ; 

 for the Seeds will not keep good long 

 enough to be fent to any diftant 

 Place : fo that, in order co culti- 

 vate this Plant in any Part of the 

 World, it is abfolutely neceflary to 

 have it carried thither growing; but 

 as this Difficulty is now overcome, 

 by the Quantity of thefe Trees there 

 are now growing both in Europe, and 

 Ati: rica, we may expert to be fur- 

 niihed with Coffee from many dif- 

 ferent Parts, but efpecially from the 

 Caribbee Iflands, where the Trees are 

 found to fucceed as well as in their 

 native Place of Growth : but whe- 

 ther the Coffee produced in the//^//- 

 Indies will prove as good as that 

 brought from Mocha , Time will 

 difcover ; but if it mould, it may 

 be of great. Advantage not only to 

 the Inhabitants there, but alfo may 

 turn to great Account to the Weji- 

 lniia Trade. The manner how this 

 Tree was firft brought into Europe^ 

 and the feveral Parts of the World to 

 which it is now fpread, may be fully 

 feen in Dr. Douglases curious Ac- 

 count of the Coffee-tree, publifh'd 

 at London, Anno 1 727. 



The Berries of this Plant are com- 

 monly ripe with us in April t at which 

 time they (hould be fown in Pots of 

 frem light Earth, covering them 

 about half an Inch thick with the 

 fame light Earth : then plunge the 

 Pots into a moderate Hot bed of 

 Tanners Bark, obferving to refrelh 

 them often with Water; as alfo to 

 raife the Glaffes in the Heat of the 

 Day, to admit frefh Air ; and in 

 very hot Weather it will be proper 

 to made the Glares with Mats, other- 

 wile the Earth in the Pots will dry 

 too fall, and prevent the Vegetation 

 of the Seeds. I mull here obferve, 

 that the taking off" the Pulp of the 



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Berries, which has been by fome 

 People directed as abfolutely necef- 

 fary before they are planted, is a 

 great Miitake ; for I have experien- 

 ced, that thofe Berries which were 

 planted whole as they came from the 

 Tree, produced ftronger Plants, and 

 % came up fooner, than thofe which 

 were cleared from the Pulp; and 

 altho' there are commonly two Seeds 

 in each Berry (both which feldom 

 fail to grow), yet when the Plants 

 are young, they are eafily parted, 

 and planted into feparate Pots ; which 

 is abfolutely neceffary to be done 

 when they are about an Inch and an 

 half high. When thefe Plants are 

 removed, great Care mould be taken 

 not to break or injure their Roots, 

 as alfo to preferve the Earth to their 

 Roots : nor mould they be kept any 

 time out of the Ground ; for if their 

 Fibres are fuffer'd to dry, they a:e 

 very fubjed to mould, and periih 

 foon after. 



The Soil in which I have found 

 thefe Plants to thrive belt, was com- 

 pos'd in the following manner ; <v'x. 

 one Load of frefh light loamy 

 Earth, and half a Load of rotten 

 Cow-dung : thefe were well mix'd 

 together, and laid in an Heap fix 

 Months before it was ufed ; in which 

 Space it was turn'd feveral times, the 

 better to incorporate the feveral 

 Parts. 



It mufl alfo be obferved, that in 

 tranfplanting thefe Plants, they mould 

 never be put into Pots too large, in 

 which they feldom thrive. The 

 young Plants, when taken out of the 

 Pots in which they were fown, mould 

 be planted each into a fmall Half-, 

 peny Pot fiU'd with the above-men- 

 tion'd Earth, and then plung'd into 

 a moderate Hot-bed of Tanners 

 Bark ; obferving to water them fre- 

 quently, though they mould not 

 have too much given them at one 



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