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VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES. 



tivation was diligently pursued by the Spanish Ame- 

 ricans to no small extent, as, from the testimony of 

 the same author, 22,053 cwt were exported thence to 

 Europe in the year 1547.* 



Ginger Zingiber officinal*. 



The plant is now cultivated in great quantities in 

 the West Indies, especially in the island of Jamaica. 

 Ginger is imported into this country under the form 

 of dried roots, and as a preserve. We receive it both 

 from the East and West Indies, but that from the latter 



* Edwards's West-Indies, vol. ii. 



