Scrophularinee.| THE HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS. 289 
of an inferior quality condemned to be burnt (Tatham, p.69—106; and 138, 
207). 
_ It is unnecessary to dilate on the cultivation and cure, as these are detailed in the 
_ instructions sent out to India by the Court of Directors in 1819, and may be seen 
fully described in works easily procurable; as Loudon's Encyclopedia of Agriculture, 
which gives, in an excellent article, the cultivation im a variety of places; and “ The 
Tropical Agriculturist,” which includes the most valuable portions of ‘* Tatham’s Essay 
on Tobacco,” as well as the cultivation of Shiraz Tobacco, from the Hort. Trans. v. 1. 
n.s. p. 205; it is hoped that the remarks in this article on the necessity of paying 
attention to the strangely-neglected subject of climate will not be without their use. 
It must never be lost sight of, that the Americans pay equal care and attention to the 
soil, the seedling nursery, the transplanting, earthing up, keeping the ground clear, 
removing inferior leaves and. side shoots, topping so as to leave only eight to ten 
leaves on each plant,.airing, fermenting, drying, prizing, and packing. It is to be 
wished, as recommended in the case of Cotton, p. 89, that the effects of good culture 
and careful curing should be tried upon seed produced from Bhilsa, Arracan, &c. as well 
as upon that of foreign growth, but at first in situations as similar as possible to them, 
in climate, soil, and production. This, however, can be hoped for to any extent only, 
when more attention is paid to the inferences to be deduced from a comparison of scien- 
tific data; for the empirical attempts of purely practical people, though sometimes 
attended with success, are as frequently followed by failure. It is to be hoped that 
my friend Mr. James Prinsep, will persevere in getting good accounts of the climate 
of every part of India; and it is to be wished that good specimens of colonial produce 
could be sent to the several parts of India, so that cultivators might get an idea of 
what they had to rival, as well as of the prices which would reward their successful 
exertions.* 
' 
. 117. SCROPHULARINE#. 
The Scrophularinee, though most nearly allied to Solanea, are also so to some of the 
following orders, and consist of several tribes, according to the distribution of. Mr. 
Bentham, as given in the Botanical Register, June 1835, and in his excellent account 
of the East-Indian Scrophularinee. The plants of this family are found almost every 
Indian Flora; they are common in the plains, and occur in considerable numbers in 
the mountains. But the tribes which prevail in the latter are those of which the 
genera are chiefly found in temperate countries ; though of these a few species occur 
also 
* 
* Having sent the foregoing remarks to Mr. W. Johnson for perusal, he has been good enough to send me 
the gratifying intelligence, while the previous sheet is passing through the press, as a “ strong corroboration 
of my views respecting the capabilities of the country,” that Tobacco has actually arrived from India, and 
been sold in the London market for 8d. a-pound ! | 
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