TOBACCO, 4179 
. Such were the commotions excited by the 
introduction and spreading of an article, whose 
use has now become so common as scarcely to 
attract notice. This article is the product of 
several species of Nicotiana, but chiefly of the N. 
tabacum or Virginian Tobacco, and the N. rustica, 
sometimes called English Tobacco, and being the 
sort which Sir Walter Raleigh introduced at the 
court of Queen Elizabeth. Another species, N. 
fruticosa, is said to have been cultivated in the 
Kast prior to the discovery of America.» The 
Indians on the banks of the Missouri and Colum- 
bia rivers cultivate for use the N. quadrivalvis of 
Pursh and Nuttall. It has been remarked that 
the Tobacco of warm climates is more mild in its 
flavour, while that raised in colder latitudes is 
more strong and pungent. The Bengal Tobac- 
co, of which the sheroots are made, is one of the 
most weak and mild in its properties. After this 
is the West India Tobacco which affords the Ha- 
vanna cigars. | Next is the Tobacco of our South- 
ern States, and lastly the Tobacco raised in the 
northern parts of the Union, which is the most 
acrimonious, and pungent of all.* 
— Sever Varieties of Nicotiana Tabacum weigalpy a the 
United States, of which the principal are the broad leaved or sweet 
scented, and the narrow leaved. 
