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will become ' leggy,' and the crops will be smaller. I 
have entered so fully into the details of planting coffee in 
a small work I published in London, in i88r, that it seems 
unnecessary to go over the same ground in this article, 
for extended experience does not induce me to alter the 
directions I there gave for the successful planting of a 
coffee estate in the West Indies. As, however, this 
article would be incomplete without directions for plant- 
ing, I will state, as concisely as possible, what precau- 
tions should be taken in raising and planting out the 
coffee trees. 
A sheltered piece of land in a moist situation, or within 
easy reach of a good supply of water, having been 
chosen, it should be laid out in beds for the reception 
of the seed. If possible the nurseries should be made 
near the planter's house so as to be frequently overlooked 
for they require constant attention, and it may be 
necessary to visit them at nights to kill any nocturnal 
insects that are fond of cutting the stems of the seed- 
lings. Where it is not intended to plant the coffee on a 
very large scale, I would recommend that the seeds be 
put in boxes nearly filled with loose earth, and raised 
some distance above the ground ; for in this way the 
young plants can be better attended to, and there is not 
so much danger of the ravages of caterpillars and other 
voracious insects. 
The seed beds must not be too wide, they ought to 
be well manured, and the earth should be dug up and 
pulverised, every root and stone being carefully removed. 
If the soil be stiff, some sand or charcoal dust may be 
mixed with it, lor the delicate rootlets of the young 
plants require a loose soil which they can penetrate 
