The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . Virginian Tobacco, A. Tabacuvi,\while tho best known representative of the second is the , N. nistica. These two species, together with their)numerous varieties, and with the Persian Tol)aeco, N. pcr^^a,—the*sonrco of llio famous Tumbekj or Sliiraz tobacco,—aro the solesources of commercial tobacco. N Tabacim is the species from which the tobaccos of , the Un
The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . Virginian Tobacco, A. Tabacuvi,\while tho best known representative of the second is the , N. nistica. These two species, together with their)numerous varieties, and with the Persian Tol)aeco, N. pcr^^a,—the*sonrco of llio famous Tumbekj or Sliiraz tobacco,—aro the solesources of commercial tobacco. N Tabacim is the species from which the tobaccos of , the United States, and the PhilippineIslands, and the Latakia of Turkey, are derived, and it is thusthe source of not only the greater proportion of the tobacco ofcommerce but also the most highly prized and valuable of tnvarieties. A^nufico, originally a native of Brazil, is cultivated 4i4 TOBACCO io a coiisiderable^fcent in SoutbCfirmaDy, Hang&ry» and thn East The Virginian tob^ico*plant, A^ Iatacum^ is a coarse rank-l^ning annual, with a simple unbranched cylindrical stem whichCttaiDs a height of 6 feet and upwards, terminating in a Jt has alternate simple oblong lanceolate FigTI.—ilowcrlng Tod ofJ^. Tabacum. those at the lower part of the stem being slightly atalkedrand oflarge size, reaching to two feet in length, while the upper are semi-amplcxicaul and of variable outline. The seeds are brown in colour,^rith a rough surface, of minute size, and exceedingly numerous, asmany as 40,000 having been counted on a single plant. The wholeof the green i>art3 of the plant are covered with long soft hairswhich exude a viscid juice, giving the surface a moist glutinousfeeling. The liairs are multicellular, and of two .kinds, onebranching and ending in a fine pointy while the other, unbranched,terminates in a clump of small cells. Stomata occur on bothsurfaces of the leaves, and, with the peculiar hair structure, renderthe microscouic aunearauce o
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