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talis Europcea^ but very improbable ; it " yields a perfuniing Otto princi- 

 pally consumed in the perfumuig of soaps ;" so celebrated, however, as 

 to justify an imitation, under the name, too, of Iceland Winter-Green^ 

 *'a very nice handkerchief perfume," made from tropical and other 

 plants which never could grow in Iceland. 



We have after the above, which come under the denomination of 

 simple Extracts, a chapter or section on " Bouquet^ and Nosegays,^* 

 so called in the trade, being mixtures of two or more simple Ottos in 

 spirits, which, "properly blended, produce an agreeable and charac- 

 teristic odour:" the names are inviting: we have Bouquet d'AmouTy 



/»• 



KeW' Garden Nosegay 



The odour of Lavender and the odour of Cloves mixed, secundum artem^ 

 we suppose, produce a new fragrance nicknamed ^^ Rondeletiay^ "one 

 of the most gratifying to the smelling nerve that has ever been made." 

 Among the Dry Perfumes are ranked Locket powders (perfumes put 

 into a silk bag), Tablets, Pastiles, Pot Pourri, fumigation by odoriferous 

 resins (the perfumes and incense of the ancients), etc, ; and receipts 

 are given for preparing the different kinds. Perfumed Soaps occupy a 

 chapter: then follow Emildnes, Milks, Emulsions, Cold Creams, Tooth- 

 powders, and we shall mention among the last, though not the least in 

 importance (and a little out of our line), Absorbent Powders, without 

 which "alady*s toilet-table is not complete," and this head includes 

 Pouges and Red-paints, Of such we are told that many tons* weight 

 are used in this country ; and this may very well be, seeing that a 

 principal ingredient of the Liquid blanc {for theatrical use) is Oxide of 

 Bismuth, and that Madame V—, during her stage career, consumed 

 more than half a hundredweight as a cosmetic ! 



Moore, Thomas, FX.S.: The Fekns of Great Britain and Ireland. 



■ Edited by John Lindley, Ph.D., F-R-S., etc. Imp. folio. Parts 



X. and XII. Nature-printed by Henry Bradbury. London- 1855. 



This work has reached its 12th Fasciculus; the first nine of which 



called CMckweed Winter-green; neither of ^^^f l^^l^.J'.^Stit/^ 

 lation. May not the GaMeria procumhen. of the Lnited St«ta* be mt^^^^^^^^^ 



which i3 the're sometimes called mnter-green,-oi i\:^ .^tml o 1 of -h^^^^^^ 

 count is given ],y Dr. A. W. lluffmaan, and quoted by M. Piessc m the Api>cndiX of 



hw AVork, p. 27^. 



