THE PLANT. 5 



' One variety of the Maryland plant is shown in Fig. 2. 

 The leaves spring from a tall stem at considerable 

 intervals, and are broad and rounded at the end. This 



FIG. 2. 



kind is valued for cigar- wrappers, and assumes a fine light 

 brown colour when well cured. 



A broad-leaved Cuban or Maryland growth long 

 naturalized in Germany, and now familiar as Amersfort, 



