ent provinces. The
sowing and transplanting are dependent on the temperature of the
locality, and each place follows its own customs. In autumn a great
number of flowers spring from the tip of the stalk. These are about an
inch in length, and of a pale purple tint. To these succeed small
round capsules, inside of which are three small chambers containing a
great number of light red seeds. The method of cultivation is novel,
the manuring of tobacco differing from that of other plants in that it
is plentifully applied both to the roots and leaves.

GUATEMALA TOBACCO.

The tobacco of Central America, though possessing considerable
excellence, has never become an important product, nor to any great
extent an article of commerce. There are several varieties grown in
Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and the other Central American states;
some of which by proper cultivation might be valuable to both the user
and the manufacturer. One variety bears white flowers like the tobacco
of Persia, but in other respects it differs but little from South
American varieties. Numerous other sorts occur, many of which are
local, and differ principally, if not solely, in the size or form of
the leaves.

The soil of Guatemala is well adapted for tobacco, and with careful
cultivation it could hardly fail of becoming an important agricultural
product. It is also probable that the soil of nearly all of Central
America is adapted to the plant, and with the favorable climate, the
varieties now grown would doubtless with proper care, become noted as
tobacco well adapted for cigars.

MANILLA TOBACCO.

This variety is one of the most celebrated grown in the East.[69] It
is used exclusively for the manufacture of cigars and cheroots, and
supplies India and Spain with a vast quantity of the manufactured
article. The plant is a strong, vigorous grower, bearing dark green
leaves; coming forward rapidly under the careful culture bestowed upon
the plants.[70] After curing, the leaves show a variety of colors
ranging from dark brown to light yellow or straw color. The leaf when
cured, has a peculiar appearance unlike that of any other tobacco. It
is of good body but smooth, and has the appearance of tobacco that has
been 'frost-bitten.' The leaf is not as porous as most other tobaccos,
and therefore does not as readily ignite, and frequently 'chars' in
burning--thus giving it the name of a non-burning tobacco.

[Footnote 69: Blanco t