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tngUJJ}. This Sort is commonly 

 cultivated in Germany, about Ha- 

 nover and Strasbwgh, and is fome- 

 what hardier than the narrow-Ieav'd 

 Sorts, which renders it preferable 

 to that for cultivating in Northern 

 Climates. 



This Plant is order'd by the Col- 

 lege of Phyficians for Medicinal Ufe, 

 and is what fliould be made ufe of 

 for the IJngucntHin liicoticm&, ('or 

 Ointment oi Tobacco) though many 

 times the Lefler or E}iglifly Tobacco 

 is brought to Market for that 

 Purpofe. 



The narrow-Ieav'd Sort is com- 

 monly call'd. The Sweef-fcented To- 

 bacco, from its having a much more 

 agreeable Scent, when fmoak'd, than 

 the broad-leav'd Sort ; the Smoak 

 of which is very offenfive to moft 

 Peribns who have not been accu- 

 ftomed to it. This Sort is culti- 

 ^ vated in great Plenty in Virgmia, 

 X^uba, Br/ijil, and feveral other Parts 

 of America ; from whence it is 

 brought to moft Parts of Europe, 

 but efpecially to England, it being 

 prohibited to be cultivated in this 

 Country, left his Majefty's Reve- 

 nues fhould be thereby lellencd : 

 But as a fmall Quantity is permitted 

 to be cultivated for Medicinal Dfe, 

 I fliall briefly fet dowa the Method 

 Jhow it may be propagated, fb as 

 to have fair large Leaves for that 

 Purpole. • 



Tlie Seeds of this Plant muft be 

 fown upon a moderate Hot-bed in 

 March ; and when the Plants are 

 come up, they fhould be tranfplanted 

 into a new Hot-bed of a moderate 

 "Warmth, about four Inches afunder 

 each Way, obfcrving to water and 

 fhade tliem until they have taken 

 Root ; after which you muft let 

 them have Air in Proportion to the 

 "Warmth of the. Sealon, otherwife 

 they will (#aw up very Vi^eak, ^ud- 



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be thereby lefs capable of enduring 

 the open Air : You muft alfo ob- 

 ferve to water them frequently, 

 (but while they are very young it 

 fhould not be given to them in too 

 great Quantities^ though when they 

 are pretty ftrong they will require 

 to have it often and in plenty. 



In this Bed the Plants fhould re- 

 main until the Beginning of Mj*)' j 

 by which time (if they have fuc- 

 cccded well) they will touch each 

 other, therefore they fhould be 

 enur'd to the open Air gradually: 

 atter which they muft be taken up 

 carefully, preierving a large Ball ot 

 Earth to each Root, and planted 

 into a rich light Soil, in Rows two 

 Feet afunder, and the Plants a Foat 

 Diilancc in the Rows, obfervingto 

 w^ater them until they have taken 

 Root ; after which they will require 

 no farther Care (but only to keep 

 them clear from Weeds) until tlie 

 Plants begin to fhew their Flower- 

 ftemsi at which time you fliould 

 cut off the Tops of them, that 

 their Leaves may be the better nou- 

 riftied, whereby they will be rendered 

 larger, and of a thicker Subftance. 

 In Auguft they will be full grown> 

 when they fhould be cut for Ufej 

 for if they are permitted to ftand 

 longer, their under Leaves will 

 begin to decay. 



The Perennial Sort was brought 

 from the Trench Settlements in the 

 Wejl-hjdies into the Royal Garden at 

 Taris, where it is cultivated in Ismail 

 Quantities for making SnufF. The 

 Seeds of this kind I receiv'd trom 

 Monfieur de Jefjieu, Demonftrator of 

 the Plants in the Royal Garden : It 

 has fucceeded very well in the Phy- 

 lick Garden, and abides the Winter 

 in a common Green-houfe without 

 artificial Heat. 



The two fmaller Sorts of Tobacco 

 are prefer v'd in Botanick Gardens 



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