TOBACCO. 627 



Leaves oval, from seven to ten inches long. Green 



Tobacco. 



and six or seven inches broad, produced on TURKISH TOBAC- 

 CO. NlCOTlANA 



long petioles. Compared with the preceding 

 species, they are much smaller, deeper colored, more glossy, 

 thicker, and more succulent. When fully grown, the plant 

 is of a pyramidal form, and about 

 three feet in height. The flowers 

 are numerous, greenish-yellow, tu- 

 bular, and nearly entire on the bor- 

 ders ; the seed-vessels are ovoid, 

 more depressed at the top than those 

 of the Connecticut Seed-leaf, and 

 much more prolific ; seeds small, 

 brownish. 



The Green Tobacco is early, and 

 remarkably hardy, but not generally 

 considered worthy of cultivation in 

 localities where the Connecticut 

 Seed-leaf can be successfully grown. 

 It is well adapted to the northern 

 parts of New England and the 



Green Tobacco. 



Canadas, where it will almost in- 

 variably yield an abundance of foliage, and perfect its 

 seeds. 



"It is very generally cultivated, almost to the exclusion 

 of the other species, in the north of Germany, Russia, and 

 Sweden, where almost every cottager grows his own Tobacco 

 for smoking. It also seems to be the principal sort grown in 

 Ireland." 



There are several varieties, all of which have the hardi- 

 ness and productiveness common to the species, but are not 

 considered remarkably well flavored. 



The plants should be started in spring, and transplanted as 

 directed for the Connecticut Seed-leaf ; but, on account of its 



