5/8 GENERAL REVIEW. 



THE GINGER FAMILY (Zingiberacea). 



A rather small group of aromatic rhizomatous plants found 

 throughout the tropics,' and represented in our garden's by the 

 Ginger plant (Zingiber*officinalts\ the rhizomes of which are 

 sometimes grown for preserving, and by Curcuma, Hedychium, 

 Alpinia, and one or two species of Costus. All the species are 

 readily multiplied by dividing established plants, ox by cut- 

 ting the rhizomes into pieces and placing them in bottom-heat, 

 by which they are induced to throw out shoots. 



