^ Sweet flag, ^Pot-pourri and other gripes $£ 



of an ounce of Cloves, and a small quantity of Lemon- 

 peel ; beat the whole together into fine powder, and then 

 add twenty pounds of Starch-powder. Sift through a 

 lawn sieve ; and colour the powder according to your 



hnc y- The Toilet of Flora. 



How to make Sweet Powder for Clothes. 



Take orris roots two pounds and a half, of lignum 

 rodium six ounces, of scraped cypress roots three ounces, 

 of damask roses carefully dried a pound and a half, of 

 storax two ounces and a half, of sweet marjoram three 

 ounces, of labdanum one ounce and a drachm of calamus 

 aromaticus and one drachm of musk cods, six drachms of 

 lavender and flowers and melilot flowers if you please. 



Mrs. Glasse. The Art of Cookery (1784). 



POT-POURRI 



Pot-pourri . 



Preparations of spices to half a Peck of Rose petals. 



I* lbs. Bay Salt. 



3 oz. bruised Allspice. 



1 „ „ Cinnamon. 

 i£ „ „ Cloves. 



2 „ „ nutmegs. 

 £ „ Anise seed. 



10 grains musk. 



i lb. Lavender flowers. 



2 oz. Powdered orris root. 



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