
NATURAL HISTORY. 
PART IV. 
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TREES, SHRUBS ann FLOWERS. 
Ty this part of our natural hiftory, which we have 
devoted to the fubject of trees, we have felected thofe 
of i ie produétion with which we are moft inter- 
efted, from their being the firft objects of our com- 
merce, and the moft valuable of our exotic delicacies. 
Under this head of trees, we mean to treat of fuch 
plants and fhrubs as are particularly deferving the at~ 
tention of our young ftudents, whether defigned for 
the fenate, clofet, counting houfe, or counter. 
COFFEE SHRUB. 
Tue coffee fhrub grows in Arabia Felix, and is 
brought trom Mocha: The flower refembles the jef- 
famine ; and the leaf, that of the bay tree. Itis 
propagated by feeds, and grows to the height of eight 
