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competition of the pick of the world, has relegated 

 this old favorite to the dump. The dust-like seeds 

 are borne far and wide by the wind, and frequently 

 germinate in the chinks of adobe house walls, where 

 if undisturbed the plants grow to a considerable 

 size and bloom, hanging on, as it were, by their toes. 

 It is popularly known in California as wild or In- 

 dian tobacco, and is a real tobacco, cousin to Lady 

 Nicotine. Mr. C. F. Lummis tells me that Indians 

 and Calif ornians used to smoke the leaves in their 

 cigarettes, and the Spanish speaking people of this 

 State and of Mexico call it Buena moza, which is 

 Spanish for a fine girl. It is indigenous to Argen- 

 tine, and has long been naturalized in Mexico as well 

 as in California. 



