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Ginger is produced from the root of the ginger plant, Zingiber 

 officinale, a member of the Ginger Family and probably a native 

 of India, but now extensively cultivated throughout the Tropics. 

 Ordinary ginger is prepared by washing or boiling the roots and 

 then drying them, while candied ginger is made by boiling the 

 roots in sugar syrup. 



The pepper, Piper nigrum, is a climbing vine of the Pepper 

 Family and is a native of tropical Asia. The unripe berries, 

 dried and ground, i)roduce the common black pepper, while 

 white pepper is prepared from the ripe berries by soaking and 

 washing off the pulj), drying and grinding the seeds. 



The western hemisphere has contributed only two of the com- 

 mon spices of commerce. 



Red pepper, in its countless varieties and forms, is the fruit or 

 seeds of various species of the genus Capsicum, a member of the 

 Nightshade Family, which also includes such diverse and well- 

 known plants as the potato, the tomato, and the tobacco. Both 

 fruits and seeds of these peppers are used, either fresh or dried, 

 whole or ground, and we know them as red pepper, Cayenne pep- 

 per, sweet pepper, chillies, pimentos, and paprika. 



Allspice is the dried green fruit of the allspice tree, Pimenta 

 Pimenta, a close relative of the clove. Jamaica is the original 

 home and also the chief center of production of the spice. 



H. A. Gleason. 



LILIES AT THK FLOWER SHOW 



The various exhibits of lilies at the Eleventh International 

 Flower Show recently held at the Grand Central Palace undoubt- 

 edly surpassed all other winter exhibits ever held in Amerira, if 

 not elsewhere, in the number of species represented. 



The several prizes for lilies in pots or as cut flowers grown b}- 

 private and commercial growers brought out, as usual, excellent 

 displays of the Easter Lil}' and tiie Madonna Lil\-. It was the 

 prizes for open class (no. 185) competition for " col kc lion of lilies, 

 in pots, not less than 50 scjuare feet, ferns permitted for decor- 

 ative effect" that brought out two splendid exhibits of a large 

 iHiiiilicr of (lifrcrc-nt kinds of lilies. 



