VIRGINIAN TOBACCO.

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p I( preferred by Sir W. Raleigh. Syrian and

Turkish tobaccos are prepared from it(Rovle, Illust. p.283; Lindlcy, FI. Med.)

Nicotiana repanda is said to yield thesmall Havannah cigars (Royle.)

Nicotiana persica yields the delicate andfragrant tobacco of Shiraz (Lindley).

Culture. —In Virginia and Maryland the seeds are thickly sown in beds offinely-prepared earth. When the youngplants have five or six leaves, exclusiveof the seminal leaves, they are trans-planted into fields during the month ofMay, and set three or four feet apart, inrows. During the whole period of growththe crop requires constant attention; and_ . to promote the development of leaves, the

Nicotiana rustica. tops are pinched off, by which the forma-

The ] la . tion of flowers and seed is prevented.

dri e( i un\ eSt * S * n ^ U S US '- The ripe plants are cut off above their roots,b°gshea 1 6r C0Ver ’ Gripped 0 f their leaves, tied in bundles, packed inCult, „ s ’ &c. (Loudon’s Encycl. of Agricult. ; Carver, Treat, on the" <e Tobacco Plant , 1779).

in Ajjj • Rc | c '—The duty on tobacco, the produce of British possessions°n * s ~ s - 9d. per lb.; of other parts, 3s.—on snuff, 6s. per lb.—

bitant d*!’ an ^ °thcr kinds of manufactured tobacco, 9s. These exor-tol) acc n U ^ ea< ^ to ex -tensive smuggling. In 1839, 124,637 cwts. ofB Es ’ au< t 176,422 lbs. of cigars paid duty.c °nim er P T l0N -—Tobacco [folia tabaci seu nicotiana) is met with inand a p,’ las a brownish colour, a strong narcotic but peculiar odour,Stroi >gest ^ nauseous taste. The darker-coloured tobaccos are the1 a" "^be following are the principal commercial kinds:—

. ^ERTP.at / v -- ... „ . 1 ■ 1

is one ol the strongest kinds,and snuff, and for medicinal

and j ( ll f . EluCA N . North American. —The Virginian is

Use V her efore, not fit for cigars, but is adapted for pipes a ,

Inver ** C ? lour is deep brow u; the leaves feel unctuous. The Maryland is -eaker ' !UKl adapted fo,’ smoking: the pale cinnamon the best,is The Kentucky U -1- t.» L,,,,

hcijuently met with

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freono Kentucky is intermediate between the two preceding. The Carolina’’t'y met with.

j C ^°'vi s | 1 _|^ H Armeican .—The Havannah is most esteemed for smoking: its colour is11 e Xeell ent °|'l u , : 'ts odour is musky or spicy. It is imported in heads. The Cuba isaVes On md. Both thpep tinitc nrp rpmn

c ? av es. Fhe p*, ®°th these kinds are remarkable for the light yellow spots on ther n 4rs - The V ^fbian is imported in heads and leaves, and is much esteemed fori 8 ’ the St r . an J las is brought over in rolls, the Orinoko in leaves, the Porto Rico inth^’ Europe ' n i eavcs -

are 4mer */oort N '~n he l' i1j Euro P ean tobacco extensively consumed in this country is4 °Ccasio) la n’ a Butch tobacco. Several German, Hungarian, and Ukraine tobaccostli • ^ si atic ^ * e t w ith (Sinsheim , DieRauch. u. Schnupftabaks-Fabrikatiun , 1826).

„'? 'Uattenti,,' Nast Indian tobacco has never obtained a high repute, doubtless fromji "Uff'd, and” ' tS cu itivation (Royle, Illustrations, p. 285). The Manilla is dark-v I ^-‘Ctakkia n es teemed. The Shiraz, the Salonica (the ancient Thessalonica ),

uivish. ' uodicea), are other valued Asiatic kinds. Turkey tobacco is pale and

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""^hag ^ Ctijr ed Tobacco (Chewing and Smoking Tobaccos and Snuffs ).Cut tin» Prepared by moistening and compressing tobacco, and then°f lt- b knife-edged cliopping-stamps. Returns is another variety

S tobacco. Kanaster is a favourite kind, prepared from