Pipe-weed

Pipe-weed was a plant of Middle-earth, in particular grown and enjoyed much by the hobbits of the Shire, to whom it was introduced by Tobold Hornblower.
==History==
It was first grown in the Shire by Tobold Hornblower in Longbottom around SR 1070 (the year 2670 of the Third Age). Despite its foreign origins, the hobbits were the first to use it for smoking. Pipe-weed production became a major industry in the Shire, especially in the Southfarthing.The Lord of the Rings, Prologue, II: "Concerning Pipe-weed" 
The same plant was known among the Dúnedain as Sweet Galenas for its fragrance. In Gondor, it was known as Westman's-weed, and grew there as a wild plant, appreciated most for its sweet-scented flowers. The colloquial name was in reference to its origins: it was apparently brought to Middle-earth by the Númenóreans in the Second Age.The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Five, Ch. VIII: "The Houses of Healing" 
Popular Shire-hobbit varieties of pipe-weed soon included Longbottom Leaf, Old Toby (named after Tobold Hornblower and revered by Bilbo Baggins) and Southern Star, all grown in the Southfarthing.
A lower quality strain of pipe-weed called the Southlinch was used in the town of Bree. It was named after the hily fields where it was grown on the south side of Bree-hill. 
The wizard Gandalf learned to smoke pipe-weed from the Hobbits and was known to blow elaborate smoke-rings. Saruman initially criticized him for this, but eventually secretly took up smoking himself. After the destruction of Isengard, pipe-weed was found among its stores, but the hobbits Merry and Pippin realized only later the implications of the discovery of Saruman's commerce with the Shire.The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Book Three, Ch. IX: "Flotsam and Jetsam"
==See also==
*Old Toby (disambiguation)
*Athelas
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Pyp gras
Albanian 	Bari i tubave
Amharic 	የፓይፕ-ሣር
Arabic 	عشب الأنابيب
Armenian 	Խողովակների խոտ
Assamese 	পাইপ ঘাঁহ
Azerbaijani 	Boru-ot
Belarusian Cyrillic	Трубавая трава
Bengali 	পাইপ ঘাস
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Тръбна трева
Cambodian 	ស្មៅបំពង់
Catalan 	Herbes de pipa
Chinese 	管草
Croatian 	Trava za lulu
Czech 	Roura bylinkový
Danish 	Pibe urt
Dogri 	पाइप घास
Dutch 	Pijpkruid
Estonian 	Toru-rohi
Finnish 	Piippukessu
French 	Herbe à pipe
Frisian 	Piip gers (Western)
Georgian 	მილის ბალახი
German 	Pfeifenkraut
Greek 	Χόρτο σωλήνων
Gujarati 	પાઈપ ઘાસ
Hebrew 	עשב המקטרת
Hindi 	पाइप घास
Icelandic 	Pípugras
Indonesian 	Pipa-rumput
Irish Gaelic 	Féar píopa
Italian 	Erba Pipa
Japanese 	パイプ草
Kannada 	ಪೈಪ್ ಹುಲ್ಲು
Konkani 	नळयेचें तण
Korean 	파이프 잔디
Kurdish 	(Sorani) چیمەنی بۆری Giya boriyê (Kurmanji)
Laotian 	ຫຍ້າທໍ່
Latvian 	Cauruļu garšaugi
Lithuanian 	Vamzdžių žolės
Macedonian Cyrillic	Цевни билки
Malagasy 	Ahitra sodina
Malayalam 	പൈപ്പ് പുല്ല്
Malaysian 	Rumput paip
Maltese 	Ħaxix tal-pajp
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Хоолой-өвс
Nepalese 	पाइप-घाँस
Norwegian 	Pipeurt
Pashto 	پایپ واښه
Persian 	چمن لوله
Polish 	Fajkowe ziele
Portuguese 	A grama de Tubulação (Portugal) Erva de fumo (Brazil)
Punjabi 	ਪਾਈਪ ਘਾਹ
Romanian 	Larba de țeavă
Russian 	Трубочное зелье
Sanskrit 	पाइपतृणम्
Scottish Gaelic 	Feur pìoba
Serbian 	Трава-за-лулу (Cyrillic) Trava-za-lulu (Latin)
Sindhi 	پائپ گھاس
Sinhalese 	පයිප්ප තණකොළ
Slovak 	Potrubná tráva
Slovenian 	Cevna trava
Somali 	Cawska tuubada
Spanish 	Hierba para pipa
Swahili 	Nyasi ya bomba
Swedish 	Rörgräs
Tajik Cyrillic 	Алафи қубур
Tamil 	குழாய் புல்
Tatar 	Торба үләне
Telugu 	పైప్ గడ్డి
Thai 	หญ้าท่อ
Turkish 	Boru otu
Turkmen 	Turba otlary
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Трубова трава
Urdu 	پائپ گھاس
Uzbek 	Қувур ўти (Cyrillic) Quvur o'ti (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Cỏ ống
Yiddish 	רער גראָז
==References==
de:Pfeifenkraut
fr:Herbe à pipe
it:Erba Pipa
pl:Fajkowe ziele
ru:Трубочное зелье
Category:Plants
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