120 THE TOILET 



Blanch your Almonds in Hot Water, 

 and when dry, reduce them to powder; 

 iift them through a fine fieve, ftrewing a 

 thin layer of Almond-powder, and one of 

 Flowers, over the bottom of the Box 

 lined with Tin. When the box is full, 

 leave them in this fltuation about twelve 

 hours ; then throw away the Flowers, and 

 add frefli ones in the fame manner as 

 before, repeating the operation every day 

 for eight fucceffive days. When the 

 Almond-powder is thoroughly impregnated 

 with the fcent of the Flower made choice 

 of, put it into a new clean Linen Cloth, 

 and with an Iron Prefs extract the Oil, 

 which will be ftrongly fcented with the 

 fragrant perfume of the Flower. 



