§| The Scented Qarden ^ 



Another Powder of Violets. 



Take Treos root of Florence foure pound, dry Mar- 

 joram foure ounces, Calamus Aromaticus three ounces, 

 Roses and Violets of each five ounces, Cloves halfe a 

 dramme, Muske a dramme, make them into a very fine 

 powder. ^ 



To dry Roses for Sweet Powder. 



Take your Roses after they have layen 2 or 3 days on a 

 Table, then put them into a dish and sett them on a 

 chafering dish of Charcole, keeping them stirred, and as 

 you stir them strew in some powder of orris, and when 

 you see them pretty dry put them into a gaily pot till 

 you use them. 



Mary Doggett : Her Book of Receipts (1682). 



Jasmine Powder. 



Powder French Chalk, sift it through a fine sieve, put 



it in a box, and strew on it a quantity of Jasmine Flowers ; 



shut down the lid close, and add fresh Flowers every four 



and twenty hours. When the Powder is well impregnated 



with the scent of Jasmine, rub together a few grains of 



Civet, Ambergrise, and a little white Sugar Candy, and 



mix them with the Powder. a--, a- •, ± r rl 



The Toilet oj b lora. 



Coarse Violet Powder. 



Beat separately into coarse Powder the following in- 

 gredients, viz. half a pound of dried Orange Flowers ; of 

 Lemon-peel dried, Yellow Sanders, Musk Roses, and Gum 

 Benjamin, each a quarter of a pound ; Lavender Tops 

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