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The firft of thefe Authors has told us only, that if the Seeds 
are not immediately iet as (bon as gather’d, they will never germi- 
nate,- and that of this he has had feveral Proofs himlelf from Trv- 
als made in the Royal Garden at Paris. 
Tilli remarks further. That in the Garden of Pifaj during the 
Month of Augujl^ he has ventur’d to take this Plant out of the 
Stove, and fet it under the Shade of fome other Tree in the 
open Air, and that it was fo far from fuffering any Damage, that 
it throve the better for fb doing. 
M. Kno^lton% Account of the Culture of the Coffee Plant, is 
in a Letter dated at Pet^orth in Sujfex^ Feh. 4. 1725-6", and be^ 
hdes the Difcoveries it contains, it deferves to be valued for this 
Reafbn likewife, becaufc the Directions he gives are all taken from 
his own Experience of what he found to anfwer beft, not from 
ConjeClures and Hear-fay only. They may therefore be fecurely 
depended on by all who have a mind to cultivate this Plant in 
England. 
‘ In the latter End of July^ 1 7 2- 3 , fays he, the worthy DoCtor 
* Sherrard (with whole Brother I then liv’d) brought over from 
^ the Phylick Garden of Amjlerdam^ one Coffee Tree of about 
^ three Foot high, and one Berry. The Berry, carefully co- 
^ ver’d over with Wax, was given to me, with fbme Diredions 
^ relating to the Culture of it, from Cornelius Fbfs, Gardiner at 
^ Amjlerdam-, but thefe being no ways agreeable to my own No- 
^ tion, nor to the Pradice of Gardening here in England, I begg’d 
^ Leave to life my own Skill, without being confin’d to them. 
' The Berry being open’d, parted into two Seeds, and having 
^ prepar’d a good frelli rich fandy Soil, I put them into a fmall 
^ Pot hird therewith, about two Inches deep, and immediately 
‘ after plung’d the Pot into a temperate Hot^bed. In about four 
^ or five Weeks afterwards I had the Pleafure of feeing one of 
‘ them come up, with his Cap on his Head ; and the other fol- 
^ low'd in a Week afterwards. They continu’d growing very fafi: 
‘ both Winter and Summer alike, and in a Twelvemonth’s Time 
^ were above two Foot high. 
Having now three Trees in good Health, I refblv’d to try 
' lome Experiments relating to the Culture and Propagation of 
^ this Plant. The firft was an Inarchment on the yellow Indian 
^ Jeffamin, and likewife on the Arabian and Brajile white Jefla- 
‘ min j but all three without Succefs, tho’ repeated each of them 
^ ^ twice over. The next was to make an Incifion at a Joint, and 
‘ to lay four Branches down in the fame Soil in which the Trees 
‘ were planted. This fucceeded very well, for in about fix Weeks 
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