KINDS USED FOR CIGARS. 3883 
viz,: cigar, snuff, and cut-leaf tobacco. The first class, cigar 
leaf, includes all those varieties of tobacco that are used in 
the manufacture of cigars, and embraces the finest quality of 
tobacco grown, including Connecticut seed leaf, Havana, 
Yara, Manilla, Giron, Paraguayan, Mexican, Brazilian, 
Sumatra, ete. The second class embraces all of the varieties 
used in the manufacture of snuff, such as Virginia, Holland 
(Amersfoort), Brazilian, French (St. Omer), ete. The third 
class includes all of those tobaccos used for smoking and 
chewing purposes, such as Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, 
Ohio, Maryland, Latakia, Perique, Turkish, and others. 
South American tobaccos are almost exclusively used for the 
manufacture of cigars. Although of various qualities, they 
possess the distinctive flavor which characterizes all tobacco 
used for this purpose. This is generally the case with most 
of the tobacco grown in the tropics—it seems to be especially 
adapted for the manufacture of cigars, rather than for cutting 
purposes. European tobaccos are milder in flavor, and are 
used extensively in the manufacture of snuff; while the 
tobacco of the East is well adapted for the pipe. 
Tobacco to be used for cigars must not only be of good 
flavor, but must burn freely, without which it has no real 
value for this purpose. Non-burning tobaccos cannot be 
used, and are either employed in the manufacture of snuff or 
for cutting. 
Of the many kinds of tobacco of both the Old and New 
World, doubtless the most curious of all is that kind known 
as 
DWARF TOBACCO. 
This plant is a native of Mexico, and was discovered by 
Houston, who found it growing near Vera Cruz. This is 
probably the smallest kind of tobacco known. The plant 
grows to the height of about eighteen inches, the leaves grow- 
ing in tufts at the base of the plant. Some have supposed 
this tobacco to be what is known as Deer Tongue, which is 
used for flavoring, but it is quite probable that it is entirely 
different. The leaf is small and light green, and it is quite 
