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... planter in Virginia should cultivate more than 100 lbs . It has been conjectured that the " juice of cursed hebenon , " by which the king of Denmark is said to be poisoned in Shaks- peare's tragedy of Hamlet , was the essential oil of ...
... planter in Virginia should cultivate more than 100 lbs . It has been conjectured that the " juice of cursed hebenon , " by which the king of Denmark is said to be poisoned in Shaks- peare's tragedy of Hamlet , was the essential oil of ...
Page 96
... planter is desirous of having his crop very mild , he suffers it to put forth eighteen or twenty ; but , in this calculation , the three or four leaves next the ground are not to be reckoned . This is denominated ' topping the tobacco ...
... planter is desirous of having his crop very mild , he suffers it to put forth eighteen or twenty ; but , in this calculation , the three or four leaves next the ground are not to be reckoned . This is denominated ' topping the tobacco ...
Page 104
... planters from sending to market any but the principal leaves , yet they frequently , to increase their profit , suffer the sprouts to grow , and mix the smaller leaves of these with the others , which renders them much inferior in ...
... planters from sending to market any but the principal leaves , yet they frequently , to increase their profit , suffer the sprouts to grow , and mix the smaller leaves of these with the others , which renders them much inferior in ...
Page 110
... and prove that the to- bacco planter has been in the habit of throwing away , perhaps , the most valuable part of his crop ! Besides the varieties of the n . tabacum that appear , according to our present know- ledge , 110.
... and prove that the to- bacco planter has been in the habit of throwing away , perhaps , the most valuable part of his crop ! Besides the varieties of the n . tabacum that appear , according to our present know- ledge , 110.
Page 112
... planter of tobacco here . As to the n . re- panda , although certainly its introduction might supersede the necessity of sending to Havannah for cigars , it is to be feared , from the great difference of the climate of Cuba and that of ...
... planter of tobacco here . As to the n . re- panda , although certainly its introduction might supersede the necessity of sending to Havannah for cigars , it is to be feared , from the great difference of the climate of Cuba and that of ...
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agreeable agriculturist ammonia annual annual plant appear bacco Brazil CARVER Caspar Bauhin chewing chiefly cigars climate colonies colour crop cultivation of tobacco culture cured distilled diuretic duced duty England ENGLISH TOBACCO essential oil Europe exported FAMILY CYCLOPÆDIA feet high flowers grows Havannah HAVANNAH TOBACCO height herb divine History of Tobacco hot-bed imported inches infusion of tobacco introduced Ireland JEAN NICOT juice land leaf London manufacture of tobacco medical properties mentioned native Nicotiana Langsdorffii Nicotiana quadrivalvis Nicotiana rustica nicotiana tabacum nicotin observed odour ovate PANICLED paniculata persons pipe planter pounds weight probable produced properties of tobacco quantity of tobacco raised Raleigh reader rustica says seed sessile shag tobacco shillings per pound Sir Walter Raleigh smoke of tobacco snuff-taking soil sown species stalk taken taking of snuff tannin tion tobacco and snuff tobacco plant United Kingdom Vauquelin Virginia VIRGINIAN TOBACCO weeds wine
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Page 135 - The cheerful haunts of man, to wield the axe, And drive the wedge, in yonder forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task. Shaggy and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears, And tail cropp'd short, half lurcher and half cur, His dog attends him.
Page 135 - Then shakes his powdered coat, and barks for joy. Heedless of all his pranks, the sturdy churl Moves right toward the mark ; nor stops for aught But now and then with pressure of his thumb T...
Page 17 - With my little stopper prest ; And the sweetest bliss of blisses, Breathing from thy balmy kisses ; Happy thrice, and thrice agen, Happiest he of happy men, Who when agen the night returns, When agen the taper burns, When agen the cricket's gay, (Little cricket, full of play,) Can afford his tube to feed With the fragrant INDIAN weed : Pleasure for a nose divine, Incense of the god of wine. Happy thrice, and thrice agen, Happiest he of happy men.
Page 117 - Those employed in it are in a continual state of exertion beyond the power of nature to support. Little food of any kind is raised by them ; so that the men and animals on these farms are illy fed, and the earth is rapidly impoverished.
Page 133 - The blood distemper'd from its noxious salts ; Friend to the spirits, which with vapours bland It gently mitigates, companion fit Of pleasantry, and wine; nor to the bards Unfriendly, when they to the vocal shell Warble melodious their well-labour'd songs.
Page 18 - SNUFF. A DELICATE pinch ! oh how it tingles up The titillated nose, and fills the eyes And breast, till in one comfortable sneeze The full-collected pleasure bursts at last ! Most rare Columbus ! thou shalt be for this The only Christopher in my Kalendar.
Page 88 - After this, the buds, which sprout from the axils of the leaves, are all plucked ; and not a day is suffered to pass without examining the leaves, to destroy a large caterpillar which is sometimes very destructive to them. When they are fit for cutting, which is known by the...
Page 17 - Charmer of an idle hour, Object of my warm desire, Lip of wax, and eye of fire ; And thy snowy taper waist, With my finger gently brac'd ; And thy pretty swelling crest, With my little stopper prest...