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POPULAR ECONOMIC BOTANY. 



Blach varieties: — Jamaica Black Ginger and Malabar 

 Dark Ginger. 



The term hlach ginger is very erroneous^ as the colour of 

 the darkest is only a dirty stone-colour. 



The newly-formed races which are put forward in spring 

 are often cut off and preserved in syrup^ much of which is 

 imported in jars under the name of ^preserved ginger, and^ 

 as an agreeable addition to the dessert, is much esteemed. 

 The quantity of ginger imported from all places in 1850 was 

 about 500 tons. 



Capsicum, or Chilli. — The fruit or berry of Capsicum 

 annumn, (Nat. Ord. Solanaceae,) 



The variety of Capsicum usually found in commerce is in 

 large withered dark-red pods, always broken, and the pulp 

 dried up. It comes packed in bales of about 2| cwt. from 

 the East Indies, where it is a native. The principal use of 

 this is to make Cayenne pepper. 



But besides this, we receive several other species and va- 

 rieties, usually as pickles in vinegar. Thus — The Cherry 

 Pepper, or Eound Chilli [Capsicum cerasiforme) ; the Bell 

 Pepper [C grossum) ; the Long Capsicum [C longum)\ the 

 Heart-shaped Capsicum [C cordiforme) ; the Yellow Cap- 

 sicum (C lutemn) ; the Bird Pepper [C. haccatum). These 



