^ Sweet 'Bag, ^Pot-pourri and other Recipes @g 



dried, three ounces ; of Rose Wood, Calamus Aromaticus 

 and Storax, each two ounces ; an ounce of Sweet Mar- 

 joram, half an ounce of Cloves, two pounds of Floren- 

 tine Orrice-root, and a pound of dried Provence Roses ; 

 mix the whole together. When you want to fill bags with 

 this powder, mix a drachm of Musk and half a drachm 

 of Civet, with a little Mucilage of Gum Tragacanth 

 made with Angelic Water, and rub the inside of the bags 

 over with the composition, before you fill it with the 



V r iolet Powder. T7 . , 



Ibid. 



Orange-Flower Powder. 



Put half a pound of Orange Flowers into a box that 

 contains twelve pounds and a half of powdered Starch, 

 and stir the mixture at intervals, to prevent the Flowers 

 from heating. At the expiration of twenty-four hours 

 remove the old flowers, and mix with the Starch the same 

 quantity of fresh Orange Flowers. Continue acting in 

 this manner for three days together, and if you think the 

 perfume not sufficiently strong, add fresh Flowers once 

 or twice more. The box must be kept close shut, as well 

 after as during the operation. ,, . , 



Jonquil Powder. 



Take of Starch Powder, and Jonquil Flowers, in the 

 same proportion as in the preceding article ; strew the 

 Flowers among the Powder, and at the expiration of 

 twenty hours, sift it through a coarse sieve. Then throw 

 away the Flowers, and add to the Powder the same quan- 

 tity of fresh Flowers. Continue this method four or five 

 days, observing never to touch the Powder while the 



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