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Pipe-weed (also known as '''''Halflings' Leaf''''') is, in the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien , a Tobacco developed by the Hobbit s of the Shire , the production of which is a major industry there, especially in the south. Among the Dúnedain it is known as '''''sweet galenas''''', and in Gondor it grows as a wild plant, appreciated primarily for its sweet-scented flowers. In by Númenóreans during the Second Age . It was first grown among Hobbits by Tobold Hornblower in Longbottom (a region in the Shire) around S.R. 1070 ( T.A. 2670). Despite its foreign origins, the Hobbits (possibly those in Bree ) were the first to use it for smoking. Popular varieties of pipe-weed include Longbottom Leaf, Old Toby, and Southern Star. The Wizard Gandalf learned to smoke pipe-weed from the Hobbits and is often seen blowing smoke-rings. Saruman initially derides him for this, but at some point he takes up smoking himself. After the destruction of Isengard , pipe-weed is found among its stores, but the Hobbits Merry and Pippin fail to realize the Sinister Implications of the discovery that Saruman has had commerce with the Shire. |
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