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POPULAU 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 Indiau 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 Tahacum ; 

 they are cultivated very extensively in the States after 

 which they are named. Colour yellowish-brown. 



Orinoko. — A less common sort^ derived from Nicotiana 

 macrophylla, 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 



