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time you mould cut off the Tops of 

 them, that their Leaves may be the 

 better nourimed, whereby they will 

 be rendered larger, and of a thicker 

 Subftance. In Augufi they will be 

 full-grown, when they mould be 

 cut for Ufe ; for if they are per- 

 mitted to ftand longer, their Under - 

 leaves will begin to decay. 



The perennial Sort was brought 

 from the French Settlements in the 

 Weft- Indies into the Royal Garden 

 at Paris, where it is cultivated in 

 fmall Quantities, for making Snuff". 

 The Seeds of this Kind I received 

 from Monfieur de Jufficu, Demon- 

 ftrator of the Plants in the Royal 

 ' Garden : it has fucceeded very well 

 in the Phyfic-garden, and abides the 

 Winter in a common Green-hcule 

 without artificialHeat. 



The two fmaller Sorts of Tobacco 

 are preferved in Botanic Gardens for 

 Variety ; but are feldom propagated 

 for Ufe. The fir ft Sort is found 

 growing upon Dunghils in divers 

 farts of England. Thefe are both 

 very hardy, and may be propagated 

 by fowing their Seeds in March, 

 upon a Bed of light Earth, where 

 they will come up, and may be 

 tranfplanted into any Part of the 

 Garden. 



The firfl of thefe Sorts is the moft 

 common in England, and is gene- 

 rally raifed by the Gardeners near 

 London, who fupply the Markets 

 with Pots of Plants to adorn Bal- 

 conies and Shop - windows in the 

 City. This Sort, when raifed early 

 in the Spring, and planted in a rich 

 Soil, will grow to the Height of ten 

 or twelve Feet, provided the Plants 

 are duly, watered in dry Weather. 



The fixth Sort of Tobacco was 

 found growing wild in the Ifland of 

 Tobago, hy Mr. Robert Millar, Sur- 

 geon, who fent the Seeds into Europe, 

 which have fucceeded in feveral cu- 



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rious Gardens. This Sort produces 

 broader and rounder Leaves than 

 the common Sort, which are lefs 

 veined, and very glutinous. The 

 Plants ufually grow about five Feet 

 high, and the Flowers of this are 

 white, in which it differs from all 

 the other Sorts. 



Both thefe Sorts are as hardy as 

 the common broad lea v'd Kind, and 

 are propagated in the fame manner 

 as hath been directed for that. 



The feventh Sort was difcovered 

 by the late Dr. William Houjloun, at 

 La Vera Crux; from whence he fent 

 the Seeds, and dried Samples of the 

 Plant. This Sort is very different 

 from all the other Kinds in the man- 

 ner of its Growth ; for the Leaves 

 of this Plant grow in Tufts near the 

 Ground. Out of the Middle of thefe 

 Leaves, arifes theFlower-ftem,which 

 is naked, having no Leaves upon it, 

 to theHeight of eighteen Inches, or 

 a little more, and divides into many 

 fmall Branches, on which ftand the 

 Flowers'on fhort Footftalks, which 

 are of a greenifh-yellow Colour. 



The eighth Sort was difcovered by 

 Father Feuillee in the Spani/b Wejl- 

 Indies. This Sort commonly grows 

 between three or four Feet high, and 

 divides into feveral fmall Branches : 

 the Leaves of this Sort are fhaped 

 like an Heart, and the Flowers are 

 of a greenifh-yellow Colour. 



Thefe two Sorts, being fomewhat 

 tenderer than the former, fhould be 

 fown early in theSpring on an Hot- 

 bed ; and when the Plants come up, 

 they mould be tranfplanted on an- 

 other moderateHot-bed; where they 

 muft be 4uly watered, and Ihould 

 have a large Share of free Air in 

 warm Weather ; and when the 

 Plants have obtained a good Share 

 of Strength,' they mould be tranf- 

 planted into feparate Pots, and 

 plunged" into a moderate Hot-bed to 



