290 POPULAR ECONOMIC BOTANY. 



made by rolling up a very small quantity of cut tobacco in a 

 small piece of paper, or, what is generally preferred, a piece 

 of the leafy covering of the Indian corn : these are smoked 

 the same as cigars, usually by very moderate smokers. 



The varieties of tobacco found in commerce are very 

 numerous, and are derived from various species of Nicotiana 

 indigenous to Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. The fol- 

 lowing list comprises most of the sorts known. 

 * American Tobaccos : — 



Yirginian, Maryland, and Kentucky, imported in hogs- 

 heads, the leaves tied into small bundles called hands, some- 

 times with the leaf entire, sometimes with the midrib 

 removed : in the latter case it is termed " strips." These 

 three varieties are all the produce of Nicotiana Tabacum ; 

 they are cultivated very extensively in the States after 

 which they are named. Colour yellowish-brown. 



Orinoko. — A less common sort, derived from Nicotiana 

 macrochilia. Native of America. 



Columbian. — Probably from N Loxensis, a native of 

 New Granada. 



Brazil Leaf and Roll. — The roll tobaccos of South 

 America are prepared by rolling or twisting the leaves into 

 a kind of loose rope an inch or more in diameter ; this 





