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The Sprcies are ; 



I. Zinziber. C. B. P. The 

 Common Ginger. 



2 Zingiber latifolium fylvifire, 

 h. L. Broad leav'd wild Ginger, 

 or Zerumbeth. 



Ti e firft of thefe Plants is culti- 

 vated in the warm Parts of the Wcfl- 

 Jndies in great Plenty ; from whence 

 we are annually furniCh'd with the 

 dried Roots for Ufe. The fecond 

 Sort is moll common in the Erft-In- 

 4ies, though it grows wild in fome 

 Parts of tne Weft Indies'. There are 

 firiafl Quantities of theRoots brought 

 \n\bEurope for medicinal Ufe ; but it 

 is never ufed i;;Kitchens as the other. 



Thefe Plants are prefer ved as 

 Curiofities in the Gardens of thofe 

 who delight in rare Plants. They 

 are both propagated by parting of 

 their Roots : the belt, time for which 

 is in the Spring, before they begin 

 to {hoot ; when each large Shoot 

 may be divided into feveralParts; ob- 

 ferving always to preferve two or 

 three Eyes to each Piece. Thefe 

 ihould be planted into Pots filled 

 with rich light Earth, and plunged 

 into an Hot-bed of Tanners Bark, 

 where they muft be frequently re- 

 freftied with Water : and in hot 

 Weather the GiafTes mould be raifed 

 with a Brick, to give them Air in 

 proportion to the Warmth of the 

 Seaion, and the Heat of the Bed in 

 which they are placed : for when 

 their Leaves are come up, if they are 

 too much drawn, they will grow very 

 tall and weak, and the Roots will 

 make but very indifferent Progrefs. 

 But when they have adueProportion 

 of Heat,Moiiture, andfreeAir, their 

 Roots will thrive fo faft, as, in one 

 Seafon, froma fmall Head, to fpread 

 over a large or, and fometimes will 

 produce Flowers in this Country. 



But thefe Plants muft beconliant- 

 Jy kept in an Hgt-bed of Tanners 



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Bark ; for they are too terder to 

 endure the open Air in England in 

 the warmed Part of Summer ; and 

 in Winter they muft be placed in a 

 Bark ftove : for although their 

 Leaves decay in Autumn, and their 

 Roots feem to remain in an una£live 

 Srate moll Part of the Winter ; yet, 

 if they are not preferved in a very 

 warm Place during that Seafon, they 

 will intirely rot ; as I have more 

 than once obferv'd. Nor do thefe 

 Root> abide the Winter fo well when 

 placed upon Boards in the warmeft 

 Stove, as when they are plunged in 

 the Bark-bed, though they are pre- 

 ferved in the fameDegree of Warmth: 

 which I conceive to be owing to the 

 Moiilure of the Bark, which, in Fer- 

 mentation, afcends, and entering the 

 Holes at the Bottom of the Pots, af- 

 fords an agreeable Nourifhment to 

 the Roots, preferving them always 

 plump and full ; whereas thofe in 

 a dry Stove often fhrink for want of 

 Moifture, and fo, many times, de- 

 cay : for it is not very fafe to give 

 them much Water after their Leaves 

 are decay'd ; becaufe they are very 

 apt to rot with too much Moifture 

 at that Seafon. 



When the Leaves are decay'd, is 

 the proper Time to take up thefe 

 Roots ; but thofe that are defign'd 

 to plant again, mould not be dif- 

 turb'd till the Spring, juft before 

 they begin to (hoot ; which, as was 

 before obferv'd, is the belt time to 

 tranfplant them ; becaufe they foon 

 after fend forth their Fibres, which 

 will preferve them from rotting. 



ZIZ1PHORA. 

 The Characters are ; 



The Flower hath a long rough cy~ 

 llndrical Empalement, uohich is flight* 

 ly cut into fi<ve Parts at the Brim : 

 the Flower is of the labiated Kind, 

 having a long Tube : the Upper-lip is 

 oval, eretl, and bordered : t he Under" 



lip 



