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*■ given my Reafons why I fuppofe it to be a yeffamme-^ and 
‘ have m my New Improvements prefcrib’d the inarching of it 
‘ upon the common JelTamine, as we do the Plant commonly 
‘ known by the Name of the Avahian Jeffaynine^ which I am per- 
^ fuaded will do very well, fince every Day confirms me more 
^ and more that it is of that Tribe; however, I have heard from 
^ Mr. Knoinlton, who was lately Gardiner to Dr. Sherrard, that 
^ in the Doctor’s curious Gardens at Eltham^ he rais’d the Coffee 
^ Trees bodi by Layers and Cuttings 5 fo that if there may be 
^ fome Difficulty in railing it from the Berry, there will be none 
‘ in raifing or propagating of it thefe Ways. 
^ But there is one thing which ftill remains to be mention’d 
^ concerning the Management of the Coffee Tree, which I have 
‘ only flightly touch’d upon ‘ in. my New Improvements ; and 
‘ that is, the Neceffity of wafhing the> Leaves and Shoots about 
^ 'June^ and even in September too. ...This muft be done with a 
^ Spunge and Water, and if there is fome Tobacco fieep’d in the 
‘ Water, I believe it will do good, for I find that the Leaves 
‘ and Stalks of the Coffee Tree are apt to be cover’d, about 
June and Juljy with a kind of Mildew, fuch as may be ob- 
^ ferv’d on the Flower Stalks of Collyflowers, which afterwards 
‘ changes to little Infe6ls that will poifon the Plant ; thefe there- 
‘ fore lliould be carefully walk’d off as foon as we dilcover them, 
‘ and is what is very ftricffly oblerv’d by the Gardiners in Holland^ 
‘ not only in this Cale, but in the Culture of every Stove Plant. 
‘ They have People on purpofe to clean the Leaves of their Houle 
^ Plants, but more frequently the Coffee Tree than any other 5 
^ and no Plants look better than theirs. I remember M. Come- 
^ liusy the curious Gardiner at the. Phyfick Garden at Amflerdam^ 
^ let fome Seeds of the Coffee in a Pot which flood abroad, and 
‘ they came up, and made as good an Appearance as any of thofe 
‘ that were rais’d in the Bark Bed. 
By thefe different Steps has Mr. Bradley arriv’d at that Degree 
of In fight into the true Method of cultivating the Coffee Tree, 
which he is at prelent Mailer of. His Knowledge thereof he 
owns to be owing, in a great meafure, to what he oblerv’d in 
the Amjlerdam Garden; but what I w^onder at is, that in his latell 
Performances thele Oblervations do not always agree with thole 
publilli’d in the former, [that is nearer the time in which he had 
made them. For fome Things likewile he has been oblig’d ta 
M. Kno^hon, whofe Thoughts upon this Subjeifl we fhall hear » 
prefently at more Length, after we have mentioifd a few' Remarks 
more concerning the Culture of this Plant, from Meffieurs DeJuJJieu 
and TilJi. P The 
