66. Packing. 461

167. Prizing in Olden Times. 464

168. Tobacco Press. 467

169. Firing. 470

170. Spanish Seed Tobacco. 473

CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I.

THE TOBACCO PLANT.

Botanical Description -- Ancient Plant-Bed -- Description of
the Leaves -- Color of Leaves -- Blossoms -- The Capsules
and Seed --Selection for Seed -- Suckers -- Nicotine
Qualities -- Medicinal Properties -- Improvement in Plants.... 17

CHAPTER II.

TOBACCO. ITS DISCOVERY.

Early Use -- Origin of its Name -- Early Snuff-Taking --
Tobacco in Mexico -- Comparative Qualities of Tobacco --
Origin of the Plant -- Early Mammoth Cigars -- Sacredness of
the Pipe -- Early Cultivation -- Proportions of the Tobacco
Trade -- Variety of Kinds -- Tobacco and Commerce --
Original Culture.............................................. 32

CHAPTER III.

TOBACCO IN AMERICA.

First General Planter -- State of the Colony -- Conditions
of Raising Tobacco -- Tobacco Fields, 1620 -- Increase of
Tobacco-Growing -- Restriction of Tobacco-Growing -- Tobacco
used as Money -- King James opposes Tobacco-Growing --
Buying Wives with Tobacco -- Foreign Tobacco Prohibited --
King Charles on Tobacco -- King Charles as a Tobacco
Merchant -- Tobacco Taxed -- Planting in Maryland -- Negro
Labor -- Competition -- Growing Suckers -- Virginia Lands --
Picture of Early Planters -- Large Plantations -- Getting to
Market -- Virginia Plant-Bed -- Maryland Plant-Bed --
Tobacco Growing in New York and Louisiana -- New England
Tobacco -- Commercial Value of Tobacco -- Tobacco a
Blessing...................................................... 47

CHAPTER IV.

TOBACCO IN EUROPE.

Introduction -- The Original Importer -- Wonderful Cures --
How the Herb grew in Reputation -- Difference of Opinion --
A Smoker's Rhapsody -- Old Smokers -- The Queen Herb --
Drinking Tobacco -- Tobacco on the Stage -- Shakespeare on
Tobacco -- Smoking Taught -- Ben Jonson on the Weed --
Curative Qualities -- Modes of U