On the low green banks of the rail, where the mast-like telegraph poles stood, the broad leaves of the coltsfoot almost covered the earth, and were dusty with the sand whirled up an hour since behind the rushing express.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
Sometimes coltsfoot was mixed with tobacco.
"The Social History of Smoking"
G. L. Apperson
Similar mixtures, or the leaves of coltsfoot alone, have often been smoked in bygone days by folk who could not afford to smoke tobacco only.
"The Social History of Smoking"
G. L. Apperson