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lieve from the Trials which have 

 been made with the Berries which 

 Jiave been produced in England; 

 which were as well flavoured as any 

 Coffee brought from the Eaf -Indies ; 

 fo that the Fault is in the drying, 

 packing, and bringing over : for if 

 in the drying of the Berries they 

 are laid in the Rooms near the Sugar- 

 works, or near the Houfe where the 

 Rum is diftilled, the Berries will 

 foon imbibe the Effluvia of thefe, 

 which will greatly alter their Fla- 

 vour. 



Alfo the Coffee brought in 

 the fame Ships with Rum and Su- 

 gar, were the Coffee ever fo good, 

 would by this be intirely altered : 

 for there is fcarce any thing more 

 likely to be injured by being near 

 ftrong Effluvia, than Coffee; for 

 one Gallon of Rum, Spirit of Wine, 

 Or other ftrong Liquors, being plnctd 

 but two or three Days in the fame 

 Room with an hundred Weight of 

 Coffee, will communicate the Fla- 

 vour to the Whole, and greatly da- 

 mage it ; as I have experiene'd : fo 

 that if the Planters in America pro- 

 pofe to cultivate this Commodity, 

 they mould be particularly careful 

 in drying the Berries, as alfo in the 

 Packing up, and mould fend the 

 Coffee over in Ships where there is 

 neither Sugar nor Rum : and if this 

 were duly obferved, I dare anfwer, 

 the Planters would find their Ac- 

 Count in it. 



As a Proof of what is here men- 

 tioned, I need oniy relate what has 

 happened to Coffee which came from 

 India, by being brought over in 

 Ships, where there was Pepper : the 

 Coffee imbibed the itrong Effluvia 

 of the Pepper, which rendered it of 

 no Value. 



IBERIS, Sciatica-crefs. 

 The Characters are ; 



'Ihe EmpaU?t:tnt of the Eloiver con- 



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Jtfs cf four Leaves, which are verti* 

 cally oval : the F/ovjer has four 

 Leaves, vohich are unequal, tveo of 

 them being longer, and [pre ad broader , 

 than the ether : in the Centre of the 

 Flower is fituattd the Polntal, at- 

 tended by fix Stamina, two of which 

 are Jhorter than the other : the Poin- 

 tal after-ward changes to a roundijb 

 comfrefflei Pod, having two Cells, 

 each containing one cval Seed. 

 The Specif. < are ; 



1. Iberis foliis cunciformibus ob- 

 tufis integerrimis. Lin. Hort. Cliff. 

 Sciatica-crefs with whole blunt 

 Leaves, commonly called the Tree* 

 candy-tuft. 



2. Iberis foliis lincaribus acutit 

 integerrimis. Lin. Hort. Cliff. Scia- 

 tica-crefs with narrow-pointed whole 

 Leaves, commonly called Perennial 

 Candy-tuft. 



3. Iberis foliis lanceolatis acu- 

 tninatis, infer loribus ferratis, fufe* 

 rioribus integerrimis. Lin. Hort. Cliffl. 

 Sciatica-crefs with fpear-fhaped point* 

 ed Leaves, the under beii.g fawed* 

 but the upper being intire, common- 

 ly called Candy-tuft. 



4. Iberis foliis linearibus fupeme 

 dilatatis ferratis. Flor. Leyd. Sciatica- 

 crefs with narrow Leaves dilated at 

 their Top, and fa wed. 



5. Iberis foliis fnuatis, caule 

 fiudo fmplici. Lin. Hort. Cliff. Scia- 

 tica-crefs with finuated Leaves, and 

 a fingle Stalk. 



6. Ieerts foliis lanceolatis acutis 

 fubdentatis, fori bus racemofes. Lin. 

 Hort. Up/al. Sciatica-crefs with acute 

 fpear-fhaped Leaves indented at 

 their Top, and Flowers growing in 

 Bunches. 



This Genus of Plants was by Dr. 

 Tourrcfort titled 7 hlafpidium ; whicK 

 being a compound Name, Dr. Lin' 

 mtm has applied :h?s of Iberis to it : 

 which is an old Name for a Plant of 

 this Qlaff ; whole Characters agree- 

 ing 



