too tender to withstand the severity of our winters, 

 though the older branches remain uninjured. 



The flowers of this as well as the common Jas- 

 mine, are admirably adapted to the use of the toi- 

 lette ; and to some of our fair readers the following- 

 method of extracting perfumes may not be wholly 

 unacceptable. We copy it from the .Family Receipt 

 Book. 



' Procure a quantity of the petals of any flowers 

 which have an agreeable fragrance ; card thin lay- 

 ers of cotton, which dip into the finest Florence or 

 Lucca Oil ; sprinkle a small quantity of fine salt on 

 the flowers, and lay them, a layer of cotton, and a 

 layer of flowers, until an earthen vessel or a wide- 

 mouthed glass bottle is full. Tie the top close with 

 a bladder, then lay the vessel in a south aspect to 

 the heat of the sun, and in fifteen days, when unco- 

 vered, a fragrant oil may be squeezed away from 

 the whole mass, little inferior, if that flower is made 

 use of, to the dear and highly valued Otto or Odor 

 of Roses.* 



When the aroma or odor is united with a rectified 

 spirit, it is usually termed an essence ; and this may 

 readily be obtained by mixing a portion of the oil, 

 prepared as above directed, with an equal quantity 

 of alcohol ; shake them together in a phial, and the 

 spirit wiHJbecome impregnated with the perfume of 

 the oil. They may afterwards be poured from each 

 other, and the essence preserved for use. 



From the Jasminum officinale the Italians obtain 

 an essential oil, by distillation, which is held in high 

 estimation amongst them as a remedy for rheumatic 

 pains, and for application to paralytic limbs. 

 Bot. Mag. 1731. 



