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to each pint of the juice; also the rind and juice of one lemon 
to four quarts of juice; stir until the sugar is dissolved; and 
when beginning to boil, time it, as it will take from twenty to 
twenty-five minutes ; pour into jars, and store when cold.” 
Among old-fashioned flowering plants, the Rose Geranium 
has always occupied a prominent place in popular favour. Our 
grandmothers, and perhaps some of their grandmothers before 
them, have been known to strew the fragrant leaves of this 
aromatic plant among their household linen, and their persona 
lingerie ; but few persons know the culinary value of the same 
homely plant. The next time you are making Crab-apple jelly 
try the following recipe with a few glasses: “‘ Have the Geranium 
leaves washed so as to free them from any possible insects, or 
parasites, and dry them gently ; then just before pouring the hot 
jelly into the glasses, throw a small young Geranium leaf, slightly 
crushed, into the bottom of each glass; it may be allowed to 
remain until the jelly is used, and will not spoil this in any way. 
The result is a specially scented, and cordial flavour, which 
improves the jelly (whether of Crab-apple, or of Cranberry) 
amazingly.” “Sometimes also when baking a cake it will 
serve a similar grateful purpose to line an earthen plate with 
fresh Geranium leaves, and turn the hot cake out upon them, 
leaving it there until quite cold. The steam absorbs volatile 
fragrance from the leaves, giving the cake a most dainty flavour 
which suggests nothing so nearly as the odour of a ‘ La France’ 
rose.” Moreover, as an anti-cancerous remedy the Geranium 
has recently acquired some considerable reputation, and an 
Essence is made from the whole plant for curative purposes of 
such a nature. 
Verjuice abounds with tannin, and is a capital external | 
application for old sprains, as well as for drymg up warts, 
and causing them to wither away. 
CRANBERRY. (See WHORTLEBERRY, and BrtBeRRy FRvIts.) 
Tue Cranberry order of plants, found growing abundantly in 
England about heaths, and mountainous districts, affords 
several berried shrubs, the fruits of which possess some medicinal — 
virtues. Among these the Cranberry, or Fenberry, is to be 
discovered in peat bogs, bearing solitary, terminal, bright red 
flowers, on straggling, wiry stems, of which the segments are 
