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Excerpt from Facts on Cigars: For Up to Date Smokers
The botanical name of the plant (nico tiana) was given it to commemorate the ser vices rendered by Jean Nicot, a French Ambas sador to Portugal. Seeds of the plant were sent by him from the Peninsula to the Queen, Catherine de Medici, accompanied by a report containing such information as he could obtain concerning it. The plant was first introduced into Europe in 1558, by Francisco Fernandes, a physician, who had been sent by Philip II. Of Spain to investigate the products of Mexico. At that time the plant was supposed to pos sess great healing powers.
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