CHAPTER I. 
THE TOBACCO PLANT. 
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Botanical Description—Ancient Plant-Bed—Description of the Leaves— 
Color of Leaves—Blossoms—The Capsules and Seed—Selection for 
Seed—Suckers—Nicotine Qualities—Medicinal Properties—Im- 
provement in Plants, «sisi y saeco ccc a seeiedeesis vine 000 oo eaereens 
CHAPTER II. 
TOBACCO. ITS DISCOVERY. 
Early Use—Origin of its Name—Early Snuff-Taking—Tobacco in Mex- 
ico—Comparative Qualities of Tobacco—Origin of the Plant— 
Early Mammoth Cigars—Sacredness of the Pipe—Early Culti- 
vation—Proportions of the Tobacco Trade—Variety of Kinds— 
Tobacco and Commerce—Original Culture..............ecc0ee0e 
CHAPTER III. 
TOBACCO IN AMERICA. 
First General Planter—State of the Colony—Conditions of Raising 
Tobacco—Tobacco Fields, 1620—Increase of Tobacco-Growing— 
Restriction of Tobacco-Growing—Tobacco used as Money—King 
James opposes Tobacco-Growing—Buying Wives with Tobacco— 
Foreign Tobacco Prohibited—King Charles on Tobacco—King 
Charles as a Tobacco Merchant—Tobacco Taxed—Planting in 
Maryland—Negro Labor—Competition—Growing Suckers—Virgin- 
ia Lands—Picture of Early Planters—Large Plantations—Getting 
to Market—Virginia Plant-Bed—Maryland Plant-Bed—Tobacco 
Growing in New York and Louisiana—New England Tobacco— 
Commercial Value of Tobacco—Tobacco a Blessing.............. 
CHAPTER IV. 
TOBACCO IN EUROPE. 
Introduction—The Original Importer—W onderful Cures—How the Herb 
grew in Reputation—Difference of Opinion—A Smoker’s Rhapsody 
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