A CONCISE 
D E S C R I P T I O N, 
I N this part of our natural hiftory, •which 
we have devoted to the fubjefl; of trees, 
we have felefted thofe of foreign produc- 
tion with which we are moft intercfted, from 
their being the firft objects of our commerce, 
and the moft valuable of our exotic delica- 
cies. Under this head of trees, we mean to 
treat of fuch plants and Ihrubs as are parti- 
cularly deferving the attention of our young 
ftudents, whether defigned for the fenate, 
clofet, counting-houfe, or counter. 
COFFEE SHRUB. 
he coffee (hrub grows in Arabia-Felix, 
and is brought from Mocha : the flower re- 
fembles the jeflamine ; and the leaf, that of 
the bay-tree. It is propagated by feeds, and 
grows 
