










-and time Tem any real advantage to e B abod: in the properties ; Jot 
being made more Wee to the i the price of the white is much | 
When end 
eters “After ‘this eth it is laid ; in anplared | jars and covere 
with athin syrup, which in two or three days is shifted and a richer 
* 

Fecnnicn 16th October 1886. 
"P ospissrkim | that Sir William Robinson wishes for informatión oe 

= en not to 
the sey After a roots are Esi they are A. trimmed with a 
The cleaned roots are then placed a few at the time in boiling 
ater and scalded, and the epidermis is scraped off with a sharpened — .— 
boo like a very narrow flexible paper knife. As soon as seraped ` 
1g ts in a bette: 
pro ying. Afew hours p gh in the morning sunshine ` 
and in air-drying sheds until after 8 to 12 da ce the fingers break off ` 
sharp and clear. The ginger is then ed and should be sorted, all of — — 
KE colour dera, ae ae and larg cis arated from small, - 

The i s foregoing rally contains all that can be stated in ito. matter. —— dB 
; . (Signed) |. W. Bawcmorr Esrevr, F. LS. ie 
- Botanical Departmani, Jamaica, i 
Nove mber 1 p 
4 


JAM, cing commodity s 
nowh as “ uncoated : ginger,’ 2» the other “eonted g ginger,” both palais | 
English or American markets. 
| produce Abe “uncoated | ginger, * which is that. prepared for toe 
aedicinal use, the fresh rhizome is simply scraped, washed, and hee 
well dried. in the sun. When thus prepared it. odid have a pale buff 
ue, a striated and fibrous surface, should break easily; exhibiting a short 
ürinacéous fracture with numerous bristle-like fibres. It is 
urther ' prepared by bleaching, being su subjected to ihe f fumes of | 
cared ua repre ag in chlorinated lime. - Mach of tat sold in Eh 
: with « : ENEA either epua nai 








