30 TOBACCO : ITS HISTORY. 



The principal commercial centres of the globe 

 for the cultivation and exportation of tobacco are 

 as follows : — 



In America — Virginia, Maryland, Louisiana, 

 Havannah (Cuba), Macouba, Tobaco, and St. 

 Vincent. 



In India — the Philippines and Borneo. 



In Europe — Spain, France, Italy, Amersfoort, 

 Holland, Belgium, the Levant, Silesia, and the 

 Ucraine. 



This list shows where the weed is "raised," 

 but the whole atlas must be repeated to state 

 where it is absorbed. 



The climate, the soil, the mode of culture, 

 the kind of manure applied, the period at which 

 the leaves are gathered, the way in which they 

 are dried and cured, the time they are kept in 

 store, the distance to which they are carried to 

 market, and the process by which they are pre- 

 pared for use — all these circumstances exercise a 

 well-known influence upon the leaf; it is, like 

 wine, improved by careful keeping and mellowed 

 by age, if artificial heat has never been applied 

 to drive off the manufacturer's moisture. These 



