^ The Scented Qarden ^ 



If gathered on a hot, sunny day, when absolutely dry, 

 they need little, if any, exposure to the sun. 



Recife dated, 1890. 



Pot-pourri. 



Put into a large China jar the following ingredients in 

 layers, with bay-salt strewed between the layers : two 

 pecks of damask-roses, part in bud and part blown ; 

 violets, orange-flowers, and jasmine, a handful of each ; 

 orris-root sliced, benjamin and storax, two ounces of 

 each ; a quarter of an ounce of musk ; a quarter of a 

 pound of angelica-root sliced ; two handsful of lavender- 

 flowers ; half a handful of rosemary-flowers ; bay and 

 laurel leaves, half a handful of each ; three Seville oranges, 

 stuck as full of cloves as possible, dried in a cool oven, and 

 pounded ; half a handful of knotted marjoram ; and 

 two handsful of balm of Gilead dried. Cover all quite 

 close. When the pot is uncovered, the perfume is very 



Domestic Cookery (1834). 



A quicker sort of Sweet Pot. 



Take three handsful of orange-flowers, three of clove- 

 gillyflowers, three of damask roses, one of knotted mar- 

 joram, one of lemon- thyme, six bay-leaves, a handful of 

 rosemary, one of myrtle, half one of mint, one of lavender, 

 the rind of a lemon, and a quarter of an ounce of cloves. 

 Chop all ; and put them in layers, with pounded bay- 

 salt between, up to the top of the jar. 



If all the ingredients cannot be got at once, put them 

 in as you get them ; always throwing in salt with every 

 new article. j, -, 



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