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4. The planting is done in March or Aprils and 
in a few months the ground becomes covered 
with leaf-shoots which grow mitil they are about 
The Ginger Plant— showing the "Root-stock". 
3 feet high. In September spikes of small yellow 
and purple flowers appear. 
6. When the flowering is over, the leaves begin 
to wither, and the root-stocks increase fast in 
