LETTERS ON THE SUBJECT. 55 



It -was also grown largely in fields a little 

 to the east of Kelso, part of whicli is now a 

 cemetery. A road at the west end of the 

 cemetery is still called the " Drying-honse Lane," 

 from the fact that the house where the tobacco 

 was di'ied stood there. 



Between 20 and 30 years ago I nsed to grow 

 as much in a garden at Ednam as kept me 

 smoking. The variety I liked best was Nicotiana 

 Virginica; I have had them as much as eight feet 

 high and leaves nearly three feet in length, but 

 you could not expect that size in a field. The 

 soil was trenched three feet deep and heavily 

 manured. For this district the young plants 

 require to be raised in a hotbed, and planted out 

 about the end of May. The greatest enemies 

 the young plants had to contend with were the 

 slugs. 



Yours faithfully, 

 (Signed) A. Broth erston. 



