CHAPTER I. 



THE TOBACCO PLANT. 



Botanical Description Ancient Plant-Bed Description of the Leaves 

 Color of Leaves Blossoms The Capsules and Seed Selection for 

 Seed Suckers Nicotine Qualities Medicinal Properties Im- 

 provement in Plants 17 



CHAPTER II. 



TOBACCO. ITS DISCOVER!. 



Early Use Origin of its Name Early Snuff-TakingTobacco in Mex- 

 ico Comparative Qualities of Tobacco Origin of the Plant 

 Early Mammoth Cigars Sacredness of the Pipe Early Culti- 

 vation Proportions of the Tobacco Trade Variety of Kinds 

 Tobacco and Commerce Original Culture 32 



CHAPTER III. 



TOBACCO IN AMERICA. 



First General Planter State of the Colony Conditions of Raising 

 Tobacco Tobacco Fields, 1620 Increase of Tobacco-Growing 

 Restriction of Tobacco- Growing Tobacco used as Money King 

 James opposes Tobacco-Growing Buying Wives with Tobacco 

 ^Foreign Tobacco Prohibited King Charles on Tobacco King 

 Charles as a Tobacco Merchant Tobacco Taxed Planting in 

 Maryland Negro Labor Competition Growing Suckers Virgin- 

 ia Lands Picture of Early Planters Large Plantations Getting 

 to Market Virginia Plant-Bed Maryland Plant-Bed Tobacco 

 Growing in New York and Louisiana New England Tobacco 

 Commercial Value of Tobacco Tobacco a Blessing 47 



CHAPTER IV. 



TOBACCO IN EUROPE. 



Introduction The Original Importer Wonderful Cures How the Herb 

 grew in Reputation Difference of Opinion A Smoker's Rhapsody 



