tiom concermng the Culture and Management of itj as 1 con^- 
cetve can be of any Service to us here 'm England. 
Upon each of thefe Heads 1 have been at Pams to collecd 
what has been faid, by Authors before me ^ and befides the hifo- 
rical FaBs which / fet down from them^ I have taken the LF ' 
berty to compare their Obfervations about the Plant it felf with 
mine^ as well to point out their MiJiakeSj as to explain the par» 
ticular Difcoveries made by each of them^ in the fame Order of 
Time in which they were publijhed. 
I proposed to have given Figures not only of all the Parts of 
a full grown Plants m an agreeable Variety of inftruElive 
Views^ but alfo of the fever al States of it^ from the Fime it firfl 
appears above the Surface of the Earthy both with refpeB to 
Age^ and the Seafons of the Tear ^ but as / have not as yet 
been able to perfeB thefe in any tolerable Degree^ I chtfe to re- 
fer them altogether till fome more happy Opportunity fhall offers 
and then^ together with a compleat Set of Figures^ I Jhall he 
likewife in a Condition to lay before the curious Reader the Hif- 
tory of the Invention and Progrefs of the Ufe of the Coffee Drink^ 
both in Afia, and in the Eaflern and fV ffern Parts of Europe ^ 
of the feveral Methods in which it has been prepared fince it 
was firfl known y of the firfl Injlitution of Coffee Houfesy and 
of the Virtues which either Opinion or real Experience have 
afcriU d to it, 1 earneflly beg of all cuAirus Perfons to impart 
to me what Memoiv^ ^hey may be furnifiod with relating to any 
of thefe P articularSy and I Jhall mofl willingly acknowledge the 
Favour in the FVay I judge will be mojl agreeable to them. 
I conclude by returning my moJl fincere Thanks to thofe learned 
and worthy Friends by whom I have been in any meafure ajfifled 
in the Profecution of thefe Enquiries ^ and among the refl, I mufi 
acknowledge my felf in a particular Manner obliged to thofe two 
curious Gentlemen y Mr, Parker of Heling, and Mr, Sher- 
R A R D of Eltham, to whofe invaluable Gardens I had at all 
times free Accefsy whenever I found it neceffary to view the 
Coffee PlantSy which have continued for feveral Tears to thrive 
there beyond ExpeBation ; every Seafon bringing them a new 
Accejfion to their former Stock, 
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