•^ Sweet Bag, 'Pot-pourri and other 'Recipes ^ 



Sanders, &c. Gums, as Frankincense, Myrrh, Storax, 

 Benjamin, Labdanum, Ambergrise, and Amber. Barks, 

 as Canella Alba, Cinnamon, &c. 



Care must be taken that all these ingredients are per- 

 fectly dry, and kept in a dry place. To prevent their 

 turning black, add a little common Salt. When you choose 

 to have any particular Flower predominant, a greater 

 quantity of that plant must be used in proportion to the 

 other ingredients. t.-, 



A Perfumed, Basket. 



Place a layer of perfumed Cotton extremely thin and 

 even on a piece of Taffety stretched in a frame ; strew 

 on it some Violet Powder, and then some Cypress Powder ; 

 cover the whole with another piece of Taffety : nothing 

 more remains to complete the work, but to quilt it, and 

 cut it of the size of the basket, trimming the edges with 

 ribband. mL 



SCENTED POWDERS 



Powder of Violets. 



Take Treos Root of Florence halfe a pound, Roses 

 foure ounces, Ciprus roots, Marjoram, Cloves of each an 

 ounce, yellow Sanders, Benjamin of each foure ounces, 

 Storax an ounce, beat them into powder. 



The Charitable Physitian by Philibert Guibert, 



Physitian Regent in Paris (1639). 



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