tobacco that are used in the
manufacture of cigars, and embraces the finest quality of tobacco
grown, including Connecticut seed leaf, Havana, Yara, Manilla, Giron,
Paraguayan, Mexican, Brazilian, Sumatra, etc. The second class
embraces all of the varieties used in the manufacture of snuff, such
as Virginia, Holland (Amersfoort), Brazilian, French (St. Omer), etc.
The third class includes all of those tobaccos used for smoking and
chewing purposes, such as Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio,
Maryland, Latakia, Perique, Turkish, and others.

[Footnote 68: Probably most writers would divide tobacco
into but two classes, including tobacco used for the
manufacture of snuff with cut tobacco.]

South American tobaccos are almost exclusively used for the
manufacture of cigars. Although of various qualities, they possess the
distinctive flavor which characterizes all tobacco used for this
purpose. This is generally the case with most of the tobacco grown in
the tropics--it seems to be especially adapted for the manufacture of
cigars, rather than for cutting purposes. European tobaccos are milder
in flavor, and are used extensively in the manufacture of snuff; while
the tobacco of the East is well adapted for the pipe.

Tobacco to be used for cigars must not only be of good flavor, but
must burn freely, without which it has no real value for this purpose.
Non-burning tobaccos cannot be used, and are either employed in the
manufacture of snuff or for cutting.

Of the many kinds of tobacco of both the Old and New World, doubtless
the most curious of all is that kind known as

DWARF TOBACCO.

[Illustration: Mexican dwarf tobacco.]

This plant is a native of Mexico, and was discovered by Houston, who
found it growing near Vera Cruz. This is probably the smallest kind of
tobacco known. The plant grows to the height of about eighteen inches,
the leaves growing tufts at the base of the plant. Some have supposed
this tobacco to be what is known as Deer Tongue, which is used for
flavoring, but it is quite probable that it is entirely different. The
leaf is small and light green, and it is quite a showy plant when in
blossom. As a curiosity it can hardly fail to attract attention from
all those acquainted and interested in tobacco, but will hardly admit
of cultivation, on account of the absence of leaves, with the
exception of the few growing near the ground. Of all the tobaccos used
fo