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*■ an Oven for Fire, which leads into Flues, that after their Paf 
‘ /age here and there, end in a Chimney, as o.her Stoves do. 
‘ They u/e no Tanners Bark in this Hou/e, nor give the Plants 
^ any Air all the Summer, but thro’ little Cafements about a 
^ Foot /quare, placed about the Middle of the great Windows 
^ or Pannels of Gla/s j and even the/e little Caiements are fcl- 
‘ dom open’d, becaufe there is a Door which opens out of this 
*■ Glafs Ca/e into a large Greenhoufc, which they commonly 
*■ keep open in the Summer-time. Their Earth is very light. 
^ They begin to make the Fires in the Stoves in OUoher, and con- 
^ tinue it conftantly till the Weather is warm enough in the 
^ Spring for the Plant. I fuppofe this continued Fire in the 
‘ Stoves is neceflary to continue the Growth of the Plants, when 
^ the Juices are once flowing, for to warm the Hou/e one Day, 
‘ and let it cool the next, will certainly check the Growth of 
^ a Plant. 
It is ob/ervable, that when the Fruit is ripe, about the Be- 
^ ginning of July^ it mud be gather’d, and immediately the 
‘ Seeds muft be clear’d from the Pulp, and fet in the Ground, 
^ otherwi/e they will not fprout. This Particular the Gardiner 
^ at Amjlerdam, Mr. Cornelius^ ob/erves diligently, and tho’ I /ent 
^ /ome Berries frefli gather’d, by the Poll:, which were not above 
^ four Days in their Pa/Tage to London, to a very great Arti/l, 
^ they could not be made to grow 3 but when they are fet imme- 
‘ diately, he tells us, that even in the natural Earth, he has /een 
^ /ome Coffee Plants above Ground within three Weeks after the 
^ Seed was put in the Ground ^ but then they muft not be put 
‘ in promi/cuoufly in a Body of Earth, but planted an Inch or 
^ two deep in it. It is a Cuftom there, twice or thrice in a 
^ Summer to clean the Leaves of the Coffee Plants widi wet 
Spunges, which takes off the Duft that flops the Pores of the 
‘ Leaves. This I look upon to be of con/iderable U/e, becau/e 
^ I fuppofe the Leaves to receive /ome Nourifliment from the 
^ Air, which circulates about them •, and confequently the whole 
‘ Plant is benefited by it. I obferv’d likewi/e, that the Gardiner 
‘ there gave them frequent Waterings, a little at a time, becaufe 
‘ the Earth was very light j but e/pecially in the Summer, when 
« the green Fruit was towards ripening, he gave them more W'a- 
^ ter than at other times, that is towards June. 
Mr. Bradleys lateft Obfervations on the Culture of the Coffee 
Plant are contain’d in his Appendix to his Ne^v Improvements : 
‘ I fhall proceed, fays he, to remark fome Particulars relating to 
‘ its Culture, which yet are not made publick. I have already 
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