Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ..with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps . city has manufactures of lumber,machinery, bricks, and an importanttrade in fruit and farm products. It isthe seat of Cceur dAlene College and aCatholic academy, and has parks andseveral handsome public buildings. Pop.(1910) 7,291; (1920) 6,447. CCEUR DE LION (ker de le-6n), atitle given to several historical person- COFFEE ages, as Richard I. of England; so-called from the prodigies of personalvalor performed by him in the HolyLand; Louis VIII. of France, frequ
Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ..with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps . city has manufactures of lumber,machinery, bricks, and an importanttrade in fruit and farm products. It isthe seat of Cceur dAlene College and aCatholic academy, and has parks andseveral handsome public buildings. Pop.(1910) 7,291; (1920) 6,447. CCEUR DE LION (ker de le-6n), atitle given to several historical person- COFFEE ages, as Richard I. of England; so-called from the prodigies of personalvalor performed by him in the HolyLand; Louis VIII. of France, frequentlycalled Le Lion; and Boleslaus I. of Po-land, also called The Intrepid. COFFEE, the seed of an evergreenshrub which is cultivated in hot climates,and is a native of Abyssinia and ofArabia. This shrub (Coffea arabica) Isfrom 15 to 20 feet in height, and belongsto the Rubiaceae. The leaves are green,glossy on the upper surface, and theflowers are white and sweet-scented. Thefruit is of an oval shape, about the sizeof a cherry, and of a dark-red color whenripe. Each of these contains two cells, *:;:»j,_^ FLO WE I?. COFFEE PLANT and each cell a single seed, which isthe coffee as we see it before it under-goes the process of roasting. Great at-tention is paid to the culture of coffee inArabia. The trees are raised from seedsown in nurseries and afterward plantedout in moist and shady situations, onsloping ground or at the foot of moun-tains. When the fruit has attained itsmaturity cloths are placed under thetrees, and upon these the laborers shakeit down. They afterward spread theberries on mats, and expose them to thesun to dry. The husk is then broken offby large and heavy rollers of wood oriron. When the coffee has been^ thuscleared of its husk it is again dried inthe sun. A tree in great vigor willproduce 3 or 4 pounds. The best coffee is imported from4—Vol. Ill—Cyc COFFEE BUG 46 COFFIN Mocha, on the Red Sea. Next in qualityto the Mocha coffee may perhaps beranked that
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