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FACTOR® OF <£»FFFE. 
For which the Prize, offered by the 
Royal Agricultural Sqciety, has been 
awarded to W. H. MARAH. 
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There is no species of cultivation within the 
tropics, which opens to the mind of man, a 
more pleasing prospect and more agreeable work. 
ior its contemplative powers, than that inciden¬ 
tal to the Coffee Tree.—From the period, at which 
the plant is first, committed to the soil, till the 
tree has arrived at maturity, the various chan¬ 
ges which nature undergoes, afford much for 
our admiration ; but the time when the latter 
is most heightened, and wonder even ensueg. 
is at the application of science and skill, by 
means of the pruning knife, when nature as¬ 
sumes her beautiful dark green foliage, and the 
branches appear neatly aranged in their due or¬ 
der. A small shrub of a delicate and unpro¬ 
mising nature at first, has now grown to a 
sturdy tree, which is ready to show its gratitude 
for the care bestowed on it in its tender years 
by yielding its increase one hundred fold- But 
