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Lord of Angmar · 08-15-2003, 06:33 PM

Also, in Concering Pipeweed, part of the prologue to the Lord of the Rings, it is mentioned that the pipe weed that hobbits smoke is "a variety probably of Nicotania," (pg. 9, Houghton Mifflin), meaning that it is probably a strain of or similar to modern-day tobacco. Indeed, Middle Earth's botany seems to resemble our own earth's quite closely.

08-15-2003, 06:33 PM	#4
Lord of Angmar Tyrannus Incorporalis Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: the North Posts: 833	Also, in Concering Pipeweed, part of the prologue to the Lord of the Rings, it is mentioned that the pipe weed that hobbits smoke is "a variety probably of Nicotania," (pg. 9, Houghton Mifflin), meaning that it is probably a strain of or similar to modern-day tobacco. Indeed, Middle Earth's botany seems to resemble our own earth's quite closely. __________________ ...where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defence.

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