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in practice. One of the bulbs is broken and the cloves taken 

 out and planted in beds about four inches apart : no particular 

 care is required save watering and keeping clear of weeds. 

 When the leaves dry and wither, then take up the roots and 

 preserve in a safe place. 



GINGER. Hind. ADRUCK. Is a Native of India, and is sown 

 at the commencement of the rains in beds of about six feet 

 square, and in a rich cultivated soil. The planting consists in 

 dividing part of the green root, which the Natives first soak 

 in a mixture of cow-dung and water; it is then planted about 

 two inches deep and about one foot apart ; it requires a great 

 deal of water, and to be kept clear of weeds. When the stalks 

 dry, the ginger may be taken up, although it is sometimes left 

 in the ground for a couple of years. It is better for remaining 

 twelve months, and must be watered during the dry season. 



HORSE RADISH. I have never seen the plant in India : * a 

 substitute is the scraped root of the moringa, which grows 

 wild ; and the pods, when young, are used as a vegetable, both 

 boiled and in curries. The tree is easily propagated by seed, 

 and only requires watering for a few months when first sown. 



JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE. This is a species of sunflower, and 

 is, I believe, a Native of South America. It goes to seed gene- 

 rally in October and November, and may be raised from it, or 

 by dividing the root, planting them the same as potatoes. 

 They should be put down in January or February, and will 

 require occasional watering until the rains, when they make 

 their appearance. As the plants grow they must be well 

 earthed up, and if very tall, may probably require to be sup- 

 ported with sticks. This vegetable is ripe as soon as the stalk 

 withers, and the best method of preserving them is to let the 

 roots remain in the ground, that is, if the white ants and 

 other insects do not attack them. If you are obliged to take 

 them up, keep them in a safe place, in earth, watering them 

 occasionally. To sow them, put either a half or a whole one, 

 at a foot distance, in rows, the same as potatoes, and attend 

 to them in like manner. 



* I have since heard it is, and has been, grown in Candeish. 



