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Hay, and the Beginning of Augufi, 

 which are the propereff Seafons for 

 this Work : but in the doing of it, 

 you mould be careful to preferve the 

 Earth to their Roots, and only to 

 pare off the Outfide of the Ball, 

 cutting away all mouldy or decay'd 

 Fibres : then put them into Pots 

 one Size bigger than thofe which 

 they came out of, rilling up the Pots 

 with the before-menticn'd Earth; 

 obferving to water and (hade them, 

 as the Heat of the Weather (hall re- 

 quire. And if at thefe times you 

 mix a little new Bark in the Bed to 

 add a frefh Heat thereto, before the 

 Pots are plung'd therein, it will 

 greatly facilitate their rooting again : 

 but you muft be careful not to make 

 the Bed too hot. You mould alfo, 

 in Summer-time, refrelh ail the 

 Branches and Leaves of the Trees, 

 by watering them gently with a fine- 

 headed Watering-pot all over their 

 Heads ; and if in a very warm gen- 

 tle Shower of Rain you draw oft 

 the top Glaffes of the Stove, and 

 let them receive the Benefit thereof, 

 it will be of great Service to them ; 

 but you muit be careful not to ex- 

 pofe them to hard Rains, or ffrong 

 Winds, which would prove very 

 hurtful to them. 



Thefe Directions, if carefully at- 

 tended to, will be found fufficient 

 to inftrucl any Perfon in the Cul- 

 ture of this beautiful Plant; and al- 

 though there may, perhaps, fome- 

 thing occur to them which is not 

 £ere related, yet I believe it will 

 rarely happen, but that the Appear- 

 ances, be they from what Caufe fo- 

 ever, may be found owing to fome 

 Neglect, or contrary Practice to this 

 here mentioned. But before I leave 

 this Head, I cannot help mention- 

 ing another Method in which I have 

 propagated this Plant ; which is, by 

 laying down fome of their teuder 



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Shoots icto Pots of Earth in the 

 Spring of the Year, flitting them at 

 a Joint (as is practifed in laying 

 Carnations), obferving to refrelh 

 them frequently with Water, and in 

 about three Months time they will 

 be rooted enough to tranfplant j 

 when they fhould be gently cut from 

 the old Plant, and planted into fepa- 

 rate Pots, managing thera as was 

 directed for the Seedling-plants : 

 but the Plants fo raifed never grow 

 fo vigorous as thofe raifed from the 

 Berries. 



There are fome who have afferted, 

 that this Plant will grow from Cut- 

 tings: but of all the different r J rials 

 which 1 have made, I could never 

 obtain one Plant that Way, though 

 many times the Cuttings have re- 

 main'd frefli for feveral Months, and 

 fomctimes have made fmall Shoots ; 

 yet, upon taking them up r they 

 have not had the lealt Appearance 

 of any Roots. 



The Coffee-tree has of late Years 

 been much cultivated in the Wands 

 of America, both by the Englijh and 

 French : but the Coffee which has 

 been brought to Europe from thence, 

 has been very little eileemed ; fo that 

 the Price of it has been much leis 

 than of that which comes from the 

 Eafl-hidits. This great Difference 

 in Goodnefs many Perfon s have at- 

 tributed to the Soil in which it grows, 

 and therefore have fuppofed it im- 

 poffible for the Inhabitants of the 

 Britijb iflands ever to cultivate this 

 Commodity to any real Advantage: 

 but this is certainly a Miftake; for 

 I have been affured by feveral Per- 

 fons of undoubted Credit, who have 

 refided in thofe Iflands, that the 

 Berries which they have gathered 

 from the Trees, and roafted them- 

 felves, were as well flavoured as any 

 of the Coffee which is brought from 

 Mocha, And this I can readily be- 

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