rsian Tobacco -- Tobacco Culture, Philippine
Islands -- Climate of the Islands -- Fragrant Manillas --
Tropical Tobacco............................................. 311

CHAPTER XI.

VARIETIES.

Kinds used for Cigars -- Dwarf Tobacco -- Havana Tobacco --
Yara and Virginia Tobacco -- James River Tobacco -- Ohio
Tobacco -- South American Tobacco -- Celebrated Brands of
Tobacco -- Russian Tobacco -- Columbian Tobacco -- Tobacco
of Brazil -- The Orinoco Tobacco -- Persian Tobacco --
French Tobacco -- Spanish Tobacco -- Japanese Tobacco --
Manilla Tobacco.............................................. 382

CHAPTER XII.

TOBACCO HOUSES.

Tobacco Sheds -- Stripping Houses -- Virginia Tobacco Sheds
-- Ordinary Sheds -- Superior Sheds -- Ohio Sheds --
Kentucky and Tennessee Sheds -- Foreign Tobacco Sheds........ 405

CHAPTER XIII.

TOBACCO CULTURE.

Hot Beds -- Virginia Plant Patch -- Tennessee Plant Bed --
Cuban Plant Bed -- Covering Plant Bed -- Selection of Soil
-- The Soil Affecting Color -- Preparing the Soil --
Virginia Methods -- Burning Brush -- Implements --
Transplanting Plants -- Setting -- Seasons in Mexico and
Persia -- The American Transplanter -- Pests -- Worming --
Backward Plants -- Topping -- Suckers -- Maturation -- The
Harvest -- Cutting -- Hanging -- Cutting time in Cuba --
Harvesting in Virginia -- The Season in other Places --
Curing -- Curing by Smoke -- Yellow Tobacco -- Stripping --
Assorting -- Shading -- Stemming -- Packing -- Casing -- Old
Style -- Resistance to Dampness -- Prizing -- Marking --
Baling -- Certificates -- Firing -- White Rust -- Seed
Plants -- Maturing of Seed -- Second Growth.................. 415

CHAPTER XIV.

THE PRODUCTION, COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO.

Early History of Tobacco -- Cultivation by Spaniards at St.
Domingo -- Annual Product of Cuba -- Amount of Land under
Cultivation in U.S. -- Cultivation in the South -- Annual
Product of Europe, Asia and Africa -- Government Monopoly --
Source of Revenue -- Manufacture of Cigarettes -- Increase
of Tobacco Culture........................................... 478

CHAPTER I.

THE TOBACCO PLANT.

Tobacco is a hardy flowering annual[1] plant, growing freely in a
moist fertile soil and requiring t