Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce

CHAPTER I.

THE TOBACCO PLANT.

Tobacco is a hardy flowering annual[1] plant, growing freely in a moist fertile soil and requiring the most thorough culture in order to secure the finest form and quality of leaf. It is a native of the tropics and under the intense rays of a vertical sun develops its finest and most remarkable flavor which far surpasses the varieties grown in a t...