38 TOBACCO GROWIKG IN GREAT BRITAIN. 



height of five feet, and produces a valuable 

 crop. 



2. Nicotiaiia Rustica Major or greater broad- 

 leaved ; varieties of this species are much grown 

 in Germany; it is a large and hardy plant, well 

 suited to northern climes. It is more coarsely 

 flavoured and less ai-omatic than the Virginian, 

 but " by a skilful manufacture, and probably by 

 mixing the tobacco of cold countries with that of 

 hot countries, by using different species, and, 

 perhaps, by selecting particular varieties of the 

 different species, the defects in flavour arising 

 from climate " have been, in Holland and other 

 places, to a great extent overcome. 



With tobacco, as with every other product, 

 the gi'and secret of success (in the first instance) 

 is to find the right kind of seed for the soil, and 

 this can only be done by careful {'xik rimciits. 



The method of supplying good seed to the 

 farmers in France has already been mentioned. 

 " Before the Government took the matter up," 

 says Forbes Watson, "the seed was almost 

 always a mixture, so that the plants were very 

 often of undesirable crossings, and did not ripen 

 at the same time." 



" The best means for obtaining practical know- 

 ledge an 1 for ti-ying scientific experiments is to 



