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Blanch your Almonds in Hot Water, 

 and when dry, reduce them to powder 5 

 fift them through a fine fieve, flrewing 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 fituation about twelve hours ; 

 then throw away the Flowers, and add 

 frefh ones in the fame manner as before, 

 repeating the operation every day for eight 

 fucceffive days. When the Almond-pow- 

 der 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 extrad the Oil, which will 

 be ftrongly fcented with the fragrant per- 

 fume of the Flower, 



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