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wafhed clean in a ftrong lye, and tho- 

 roughly dried in the open air. This me- 

 thod is of great ufe to obtain the fcent of 

 flowers which afford no Effential Oil by 

 diflillation, fuch as Tuberofes, Jafminc, 

 and feverai others. 



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Take any flowers you pleafe, and put 

 them in a large jar, layer by layer, mixed 

 with Salt, as direded for inflammable 

 Spirit of Rofes, till the jar is quit full ; 

 then cork it tii^ht, and let it (land in a 

 cellar, or fome other cool place, for forty 

 days •, at the expiration of which time, 

 empty the whole into a ficve, or (training 

 cloth, ftretched over the mouth of a glazed 

 earthen or flone pan, to receive the cflt-nce 

 that drains from the flowers upon fqueez- 

 ing them gently. Afterwards put the 

 cflence into a glafs bottle, which muil not 

 F 3 be 



