TOBACCO IN THE EAST

In the *Edinburgh Cabinet Library*, vol. iii. p. 383., art. "China," it is stated that three species of tobacco have been found in India and in China, under circumstances which can leave no doubt of their being native plants. Dr. Bigelow (*American Botany*, 4to., vol. ii. p. 171.) tells us that *Nicot. fructicosa* is said to have been cultivated in the East prior to the discovery of America. Linnæus sets down the same as a native of China and the Cape of Good Hope. Sir G. Staunton says that there is no traditional account of the introduction of tobacco into China; nor is there any account of i…