OF FLORA. ioi 



Warned clean in a flrong lye, and tho- 

 roughly dried in the open air. This me- 

 thod is of a;reat ufe to obtain the fcent of 

 flowers whhich afford no Ellen rial Oil by 

 dillillation, fuch as Tuberofes, Jafmhie, 

 and feveral others. 



120. Or, 



Take any flowers you pleafe, and put 

 them in a large jar, layer by layer, mixed 

 with Salt, as directed for inflammable 

 Spirit of Rofes, till the jar is quite full ; 

 then cork it tight, and let it Hand in a 

 cellar, or fome other cool place, for forty 

 days ; at the expiration of which time, 

 empty the whole into a fieve, or (training 

 cloth, flretchedover the mouth of a glazed 

 earthen or (tone pan, to receive the effence 

 that drains from the flowers upon fqueez- 

 ing them gently. Afterwards put the 

 effence into a glafs bottle, which muft not 

 F 3 be 



