BLOSSOMS. on 
Shiraz or Persian and Guatemala are white while those of the 
Japan tobacco, are purple. The segments of the corolla are 
pointed but on some varieties unequal, particularly that of 
Shiraz tobacco. The flowers impart a pleasant odor doubt- 
less to all lovers of the weed but to all others a compound of 
villainous smells among which and above all the rest. may be 
recognized an odor suggestive of the leaves of the plant. 
When in full blossom a tobacco field forms a pleasant 
BUD AND FLOWERS, 
feature of a landscape which is greatly heightened if the 
plants are large and of equal size. The pink flowers are the 
largest while those of a yellow color are the smallest. The 
plant comes into blossom a few weeks before fully ripe when 
with a portion of the stalk they are broken off to hasten the 
ripening and maturing of the leaves. After the buds appear 
they blossom in a few days and remain in full bloom two or 
three weeks, when they perish like the blossoms of other 
plants and flowers. The flowers of Havana tobacco are 
of a lighter pink than those of Connecticut tobacco but are 
not as large—a trifle larger however than those of Latakia 
tobacco. Those varieties of. the tobacco plant bearing pink 
flowers are the finest flavored and are used chiefly for the 
manufacture of cigars while those bearing yellow flowers are 
better adapted for cutting purposes and the pipe. 
The American varieties of tobacco bear a larger number of 
