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that about 30 years or more before he pub- 

 lished his account (1597), " an honest and 

 expert apothecarie William Dries, to satisfie 

 my desire, sent me from Antwerpe to Lon- 

 don, the picture of ginger, bicause I was 

 not ignorant, that there had been oft ginger 

 rootes brought, green, new, and full of iuice, 

 from the Indies to Antwerpe: and further, 

 that the same had budded and growne in the 

 said Dries' garden." 



The following manner of preparing it in 

 Jamaica is extracted from Longs History: 



" It is propagated by the smaller pieces, 

 prongs, or protuberances of the root* each of 

 which throws up two different stems : the 

 first bears the leaves, and rises to the height 

 sometimes of three feet or upwards ; but its 

 usual growth seldom exceeds eighteen inches. 

 It thrives best in a rich cool soil ; and there- 

 fore what has been recently cleared from 

 wood, is well adapted to the culture of it, 

 more especially as it is supposed to be a 

 great impoverisher of land. In such a soil 

 it grows so luxuriantly, that a hand, or a 

 large-spreading root, will weigh near a 

 pound. It is however remarked, that what 

 is produced from a clayey tenacious soil, 

 shrinks less in scalding; while such as is raised 



