no A GARDEN OF HERBS 



you see cause, but no more Rose-water, put your flowers 

 therein when your sirup is cold, or almost cold and let 

 them stand till they candy. Sir Hugh Platt, Delights for 

 Ladies, 1594. 



To MAKE CONSERVE OF ROSEMARY FLOWERS. Take two 

 Pound of Rosemary -flowers, the same weight of fine Sugar, 

 pownd them well in a Stone-Mortar ; then put the Conserve 

 into well-glaz'd Gallipots. It will keep a Year or two. 

 Ibid. 



To MAKE ROSEMARY WATER. Take a quarter of a Pound 

 of Rosemary when it is at its Prime, Flowers and Leaves, 

 a quarter of a Pound of Elecampane-root, half a handful of 

 Red Sage, six Ounces of Anniseeds, and one Ounce and a 

 half of Cloves; beat the Herbs together, and the Spices 

 each by themselves, put them to a gallon of White Wine ; 

 and let them stand a Week to infuse, then distill them. Ibid. 



HUNGARY-WATER. 1 FROM MRS. Du PONT, OF LYONS; 

 WHICH IS THE SAME, WHICH HAS BEEN FAMOUS, ABOUT 



MONTPELIER. Take to every gallon of Brandy, or clean 

 Spirits, one handful of Rosemary, one handful of Lavender. 

 I suppose the handfuls to be about a Foot long a-piece; 

 and these Herbs must be cut in Pieces about an Inch long. 

 Put these to infuse in the Spirits, and with them, about 

 one handful of Myrtle, cut as before. When this has stood 

 three Days, distil it, and you will have the finest Hungary- 

 Water that can be. It has been said the Rosemary -flowers 

 are better than the Stalks ; but they give a f aintness to the 

 Water, and should not be used, because they have a quite 

 different smell from the Rosemary, nor should the Flowers 

 of Myrtle be used in lieu of the Myrtle, for they have a scent 

 ungrateful, and not at all like the Myrtle. R. Bradley, 

 The Country Housewife and Lady's Director, 1732. 



1 In the Imperial Library at Vienna there is still preserved the 

 receipt for the famous " Hungary- Water," which was invented for 

 Queen Elizabeth of Hungary, who suffered from paralysis, and who 

 is said to have been curea by being rubbed every day with it. 

 Tradition says that a hermit gave the Queen this receipt. 



