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great value as giving Pipes & the Hookah of Persia as well as Plants but we will start with some of the growths now most generally known of the “NICOTIANA” Family which is very widely spread over the face of the Earth & has of late made great strides in Borneo & Sumatra.

NICOTIANA “TABACUM”. (The mother of the family) Height 5 ft. Leaf 12ⁱⁿ to 14^in. Corolla Pink. Virginia manilla.

N. “RUSTICA”. Height 3 to 4 ft. Leaf 10^in. to 12^in. Corolla Greenish into Yellow. Turkey & India.

N. “REPANDA”. Small. Corolla white. Havannah.

N. “PERSICA”.—or Bombay, all used in Persia by the Royal Family. (SHIRAZ tobacco).

N. “AFFINIS” is our Garden Plant with long tube 3½^in. with Corolla White. Very fragrant. Habitat. Isle of Pines. S. PACIFIC.