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Show JOON oe ee eed os oe TEL ee 6, ee vs Ny am Aa. QI4 COFFEE. TREE. I think, however, it is less injurious to drink coffee imme. diately after dinner than later in the evening; andat Jeast for one very obvious reason : Coffee most certainly promotes watchfulness; or, in other words, it suspends the inclination to sleep. To those therefore who wish not to be too subject to this inclination, coffee is undoubtedly preferable to wine, or perhaps to any other liquor we know. The instances of persons to whomcoffee has this antisoporific effect are very numerous, andtheinstances are almost as numerous of such to whom winehas the opposite effect. To attribute the liveliness of the French, after their repasts, to this beverage, would be highly hypothetical: but I think it must be acknowledged, that after a full meal, perhaps of gross animal food, even a mere diluent is much preferable to wine; which, whilst it gives a temporaryflow of animal spirits, rather “ 4 so vate = 1 opposes that necessary assimilation which nature aims at in the offices of digestion. Was coffee substituted instead of the bottle immediately after dinner, it seems more than probable that manyadvantages would flow fromit, both to the health of individuals, and general aconomy; and it seems not improbable that bydeferring coffee or tea so late as is usually practised, we interrupt digestion, and add a new load of matter to that alreadyin the stomach, which, after a full meal, is not a matter of indifference. Persons afllicted with asthma have foundgreat relief, and even a cure, by drinking verystrong coffee, and those of a phlegmatic habit would do well to take it for breakfast. It is rather of a drying nature, and with corpulent habits it would be adviseable to take it for hreakfast. DH: pe Class V. Pentandria. Order I. Monogynia. : Essent, Gen. Cuar. Corolla sixe or nine-petalled: Calyx five- or sixleaved: Capsule three- celled. Spec. Cuar. Leaves elliptic-oblong. ie Corres Mix. Boil a dessert-spoonful of ground coffee in about a pint of milk a quarter of an hour; then put into it a shaving or two of isinglass, and clear it; let it boil a few minutes, and setit om the side of the fire to fine. This is a very fine breakfast, and should be sweetened with real Lisbon sugar. Those of a spare habit, and disposed towards affections of the lungs, would do well to make this their breakfast, DESCRIPTION. I, is generally believed, although there are many varietics, that the tea is but of one species, and that the differences are the produetion of soil, climate, and a particular mode of preparation. The two obvious distinctions of green and black teas naturally suggested the idea that there were two distinct species ofthis lant; and I believe it was sir John Hill who first attempted at the distinction, remarking that the green tea (Thea viridis) had ‘IX petals, whereas the black tca (Thea Lohea) has nine; andit Must be allowed that the two plants differ greatly in the forma- |