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which lie neayefl the Surface of the Earth become ec|ual .to the 
main Body of the Root in ThickneE, and (end out other Imall 
ones in the fame Plenty j and in this Manner it fpreads to a con- 
fiderable Breadth as well as Depth, rhefe fcveral Digiti fhooting out 
different Ways, and at different Angles with the Horizon. This 
is all that 1 could with Certainty difcover in another pretty large 
Root lent me by a Friend; but which by Misfortune had been 
cut and mangled when dug up. 
To what Height and Thicknefs thefe Plants will grow with 
us, cannot as yet be determin’d, there being none, as far as I 
know, in England which have reach’d their utmoffc Limits of In- 
creafe. Mr. Parker of Heling has one which lafl: Summer was 
full five Feet above Ground ; the Circumference, near the Root, 
was three Inches, and from thence it rifes gently rapering, the 
Top being no thicker than a finall Branch. At the going off 
of each Branch there is a confiderable Nodus^ efpecially near the 
Top, but the Joints below each of them are always bigger than 
thole above them. In this Plant I counted eighteen Pair of 
Branches 5 the longefl, which was in the third or fourth Row 
from the Ground, meafuring eighteen Inches in Length, and 
three cjuarters of an Inch in Circumference. 
The Cortex or Bark of this Plant is pretty thick, and may be 
plainly difeern’d to be made up of two Parcs, cafed over one art- 
other 5 the oucermoft of which feems to me to fall off from the 
Trunk and greater Branches, which makes thefe appear of a lighter 
Afli Colour than the refl^ the upper Covering of the Bark being 
leveral Decrees darker than the other. 
The Wood is pliant and flexible, of a much whiter Colour 
than any Part of the Bark, and fpecifically lighter than mofl other 
Trees. This becomes the more remarkable, becaufe the Pith is 
but of a very moderate Size. 
What has here been faid about the Cortex and Wood of this 
Plant, agrees equally to the Root and Trunk, at leaffc as fiir as I 
have hitherto been able to obferve. 
I lhall conclude this Account with the following Obfervations 
communicated to me by that ingenious Gardiner Vix. Philip Miller, 
concerning the Coffee Trees which were lately fent from Barhadoes 
to His Royal Highnefs the Prince. The Height of them from 
the Surface of the Ground was, in September laff, fifty two Inches. 
Each Tree hath thirty two Branches, which come out by Pairs, 
oppofite to each other. The lowermoft Branches were twenty 
five Inches long, and fo decreafing in Length to the uppermoft, 
which was three Inches longjj and all together they form a handfome 
Pyramid. " I The 
