A TREATISE ON THE CULTURE OF THE TOBACCO PLANT.
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A TREATISE ON THE CULTURE OF THE TOBACCO PLANT; WITH THE Manner in which it is usually cured. ADAPTED TO NORTHERN CLIMATES, AND DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF THE LANDHOLDERS OF GREAT-BRITAIN. TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED, Two Plates of the Plant and its Flowers.
By JONATHAN CARVER, Esq. Author of Travels through the interior Parts of North-America.
LONDON: Printed for the Author, And sold by J. Johnson, in St. Paul's Church-yard. 1779.
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE PRESIDENT, VICE-PRESIDENTS, AND MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF ARTS, MANUFACTURES AND COMMERCE.
The Extension of every Branch of useful Knowledge being the great Object of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, the Author begs Leave to commit the following Treatise to their Patronage.
London, March 26th, 1779.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
Of the Discovery and Uses of TobaccoP. 1
CHAPTER II.
A Description of the Plant and its Flowers9
CHAPTER III.
Of the Soil and Situation most proper for raising the Plant13
CHAPTER IV.
Of its Culture, with a Description of the Worm that annoys it15
CHAPTER V.
Of the Manner in which it is usually cured28
APPENDIX35
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