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Theie is but one cigar manufactory in Ireland, and that is at 

 Dublin. The popular taste runs to pipes and cigarettes, not only 

 in Ireland, but all over the United Kingdom in which cigar making 

 is confined practically to a few cities, viz.: London, Liverpool, 

 Bristol, Nottingham, and Leicester. The cigar business in the British 

 Isles has declined largely in late years, owing to the increasing 

 taste for cigarette smoking. 



The usual way of selling leaf tobacco in the British Isles is 

 through brokers in Liverpool and London. It is there sold by 

 sample, which samples are drawn from each cask of tobacco in 

 bond by independent officials. An exporter of leaf tobacco in the 

 United States can not do better than to get into communication 

 with brokers handling it at Liverpool and London. 



Tobacco firms here state that cigar leaf tobacco is not used 

 in the manufacture of cigarettes, they being made from bright 

 Virginia leaf of various qualities. The bulk of the cigars sold in 

 Belfast are of Havana and Key West make ". 



XXVII. 



Horticulture. The forcing of plants. Small fruit. Market 

 Gardening. Flower-cuiture as an industry. Spice, condi- 

 ment and perfume producing plants. Essence industry. 



W. T. THISELTON-DYER. National Importance of Horticulture. 



The Journal of the R. Agr. Soc. of England, pp. 252-257, 

 London, 1909. 



The Horticultural Exhibition at Gloucester was a success. 



Horticulture is becoming, indeed has already become, a great 

 national industry to which the land is indispensable. As agri- 

 culture becomes more intensive, the dividing line between it and 

 horticulture tends to disappear. The potato is a striking instance 

 of a crop which has been transferred from the garden to the farm. 

 We still, however, import them to the value of two millions. The 

 wealthy will always demand early vegetables, the produce of warmer 

 r.limates. 



But the cheapness of glass will make it possible to compete 

 with them at home. 



