This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Tobacco as National Flower and Other Botanical Ruminations
A miscellany on plants and classification cites tobacco as a candidate national flower, notes its ubiquity from Florida to Connecticut, and compares it with native maize and laurel. It also discusses vegetables vs fruits, Tehuantepec’s climate and people, cut glass acoustics, and Sabbath practices in Jewish history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Republic
Virginia
Florida
Louisiana
Connecticut
United States
Massachusetts
New Orleans
Tehuantepec
Tehuantepec Isthmus
Panama
Rene Bache
Technical World Magazine
Pacific
New York
Paris