499 
Sword-leaf Tobacco. Native of Ecuador and Colombia. 
Cultivated—United States, including Kent tucky, Red Burley, 
White Burley, Climax; Syria—Latakia; Greece, Italy, France, 
Ger sisi India, and S. Domingo "Tobaéco. 
var. phylla Comes, Monogr. Nicot. p. 18, tt. 1, 8; Delle 
Razze, p. A Mr f. 6, p. 199. 
Large-leaved TEN Native of Mexico. Introduced to 
Porto Rico, Brazil, Peru, India, Persia, Egypt, Abyssinia, 
Zambesi and a — of x tobaccos of Cuba—Yara ; Venezuela— 
Varinas; Mac (Turkish)—Yaka, Xanthi Yakà, Jenidjé- 
Yakà, Makalla, nr (Kawala), Salonika, etc., and Greece— 
Argos, Sar 
var. virginica vent, Monogr. Nicot. p. 12, tt. 1, 5; Delle Razze, 
p. 2I, £. : p. 121 
Virgin s Jubet Believed to be a native of the Orinoco 
Region. elle. United States, including ips uo Bright, 
Orinoco (Big, Sweet or Little, Yellow, White Stem), Goock, Prior 
(Best, Blue Medley, Yeliow), Yellow Mammoth, Kentucky Yellow, 
Golden Leaf, Gold Finder, Hester, One Suc ker, Conqueror, etc. 
The commercial grades are pipe and cigarette tobaccos (see var. 
virginica and macrophylla, chiefly), Virginia, Kentucky, 
Maryland, etc. Eastern—Turkish, Bulgar ian, Greece, ete., and 
cigar tobaccos (see var. havanensis, compris ing most or all of those 
recommended), including ** wrappers,” ‘‘ binders,” and *' fillers,” 
rom Java, Borneo, Sumatra, Havana, Mexico, Manila, Brazil, 
and Esmeralda (Venezuela), and “ Cavendish” or “ Negro 
Head.” 
Pipe Tobaccos are sometimes distinguished as ‘‘brights”’; 
“ Latakia " is cured by smoking with the pe wood of * Oak a 
moe Robur); it is in favour for smoking mixtures. 
avendish "' is a general ox es all ade & Cake or ‘* Plug ” 
the Kew RU a very fine samp e may be seen made Mere in 
1860. In the Customs Returns it is given as '' Cavendish”’ or 
Negro Head " of which in 1913 the rude from the United 
States were 1,144,605 lb. ier £53, The comparatively 
small amount of 8340 Ib. value £847 Shich made up the (bn of 
this kind from all sources, erigi Norw any, 
Netherlands, France, Brazil, S. Africa, B. Indi tessa and 
above, and yes for Jamaica, B. N. Borneo, "Hong K Kong, 
Australia, Canada, and other Colonies. The first t trial shipments 
