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CHAP. LXXXIX. 

 Tobacco. Indian Henbane, or Tabacco. 



THere hath beene formerly but three kindes of Tabacco knowne vnto vs, two 

 of them called Indian, and the third Englifli Tabacco. In thefe later yeares, we 

 haue had in our gardens about London (before the fupprefling of the planting) 

 three or foure other forts at the lealt, and all of the Indian kinde, hauing fome efpeci- 

 all difference, eyther in leafe, or flower, or both : And in regard the flowers of fome 

 of thefe carry a pretty (hew, I (hall only entreate of them, and not of the Engli(h kind. 



Tabacco latifolium. Broade leafed Tabacco. 



The great Indian Tabacco hath many very large, long, thicke, fat and faire greene 

 leaues, (landing foreright for the moll part, and comparing the (lalkes at the bottome 

 of them, being fomewhat pointed at the end : the (lalke is greene and round, fixe or 

 feuen foote high at fometimes, and in fome places, in others not part three or foure 

 foote high, diuided towards the toppe into many branches, with leaues at euery ioynt, 

 and at the toppes of the branches many flowers, the bottomes hereof are long and 

 hollow, and the toppes plaited or folded before they are open, but being open, are 

 diuided fometimes into foure, or more vfually into fiue corners, fomewhat like vnto 

 other of the Bell-flowers, but lying a little flatter open, of a light carnation colour. 

 The feede is very fmall and browne, contained in round heads, that are clammy while 

 they are greene, and pointed at the end : the roote is great, whitifh, and woody at the 

 head, difperling many long branches, and fmall fibres vnder the ground, whereby it is 

 llrongly fattened, but perifheth with our violent frolls in the winter, if it be left abroad 

 in the garden, but if it be houfed, or fafely prouided for againlt the frolics, the rootes 

 will Hue, and fpring afreth the next yeare. 



There is of this kinde another fort, whofe leaues are as large and long as the former, 

 but thicker, and of a more dead greene colour, hanging downe to the ground-ward, 

 and fcarce any (landing forth-right, as the former, vnleffe they bee very young : the 

 flowers of this kinde are almotl whole, without any great (hew of corners at the brims 

 or edges, in all other things there is no difference. 



There is another, whofe large and thicke flat leaues doe compafle the tlalke at the 

 bottome, and are as it were folded together one fide vnto another : the flowers are of a 

 deeper blufh, or carnation colour, and with longer points and corners then in any of 

 the former ; and in thefe two things confitleth the difference from the others, and is 

 called Verines Tabacco. 



Another hath his leaues not fo large and long as the firtl, and thefe haue (hort foote- 

 llalkes, whereon they tland, and doe not compafle the llalke as the other doe : the 

 flower hereof is like the firll, but fmaller, and of a little paler colour. 



Tobacco anguftifolium. Narrow leafed Tabacco. 



This kinde of Tabacco hath fomewhat lower, and fmaller ftalkes, then any of the 

 ormer : the leaues hereof are fmaller and narrower, and not altogether fo thicke, 

 but more pointed, and euery one (landing vpon a ibotllalke, an inch and a halfe long 

 at the lealt : the flowers hereof (land thicker together, vpon the fmall branches, fome- 

 what larger, of a deeper blulh colour, and more eminent corners then in any the for- 

 mer: the feed and roots are alike, and perifh in like manner, vnlefTe it be brought into 

 a cellar, or other fuch couert, to defend it from the extremitie of the Winter. 



The Place. 



America or the Weft Indies is the place where all thefe kindes doe grow 

 naturally, fome in one place, and fome in another, as in Peru, Trinidado, 



Hifpani- 



