The leaves retain their green colour when properly dried; thei r brown colour being produced pur- 
posely by the action of a little sulphate of iron. 
In Constantinople where its use is now so general, the custom was, in the beginning of the 17 th 
century, thought so ridiculous and hurtful that any Turk who was found smoking, was conducted in ridi- 
cule through the streets with a pipe transfixed through his nose. Tobacco which has been introduced 
into the Sandwich Islands by Europeans is now, says Kotzebue, (vide Voyage of Discovery) so generally 
used, that young children smoke before they learn to walk, and grown up people have carried it to such 
an excess, that they have fallen down senseless, and often died in consequence. 
When the use of snuff has become habitual, it cannot be relinquished without considerable risk, 
arising from the suspension of artificial discharge it produces, as Dr. Cullen observed from his experience. 
Tobacco is subject to be destroyed by a worm, and without proper care to exterminate this enemy, 
a whole field of plants may soon be lost. It appears to be peculiar to the Tobacco plant, so that in 
many parts of America k is distinguished by the name of the Tobacco worm, are found in greatest num- 
bers in July and August. 
Tobacco in the countries of which it is a native is considered by the Indians as the most valuable 
offering that can be made to the being they worship; they use it in all their civil and religious ceremonies. 
When once the spiral wreath of its smoke ascend from the feathered pipe of peace, the compact that has 
been just made is considered so sacred and inviolable, that few instances have occured in which it has 
been violated. 
The following nice calculation is given to those who study economy. Every professed and incurable 
snuff-taker at a moderate calculation, takes one pinch in ten minutes. Every pinch with the dis- 
agreeable ceremony of blowing and wiping the nose, and other incidental circumstances consumes a 
minute and a half. One minute and a half out of every ten, allowing sixteen hours to a snuff-taking day, 
amounts to two hours and twenty four minutes out of every day of twenty four hours, or to one day out 
of ten, and one day out of every ten will amount to thirty six and a half days in the year, or to seven 
years of wasted time out of that short life which is allowed us for far other purposes; compute now the 
expense, and it will be found that this luxury encroaches as much on the income of the snuff-taker as it 
does on his time, and that the time and money thus lost, would have enabled the tradesman to enjoy 
many real comforts in his family, and perhaps to save up a little store against a time of sickness and 
distress. 
Annual. Height, four or five feet. Seed may be sown in February or March. Transplant in May. 
