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the fame manner, and continue fo to do 

 for fome days. When you think the 

 fcent powerful enough, take the cloths 

 from the frames, fold them in four, roll 

 them up, and tie them tight with a piece 

 of whip-cord, to prevent their ftretching 

 out too much, then put them into a prefs, 

 and fqueefe out the oil. The prefs muft be 

 lined with tin, that the wood may not 

 imbibe any part of the oil. Place under- 

 neath a very clean earthen or glafs veffel 

 to receive the eiTence, which is to be kept 

 in bottles nicely corked. 



The efTence of one kind of flower only, 

 can be made in a box at the fame time, 

 for the fcent of one would impair that of 

 another. For the fame reafon, the cloths 

 that have been ufed to extradt the efTence 

 of any particular flow r er, cannot be ufed 

 to extradt the efTence of another, till 



wafhed 



