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Syrups. 417 



white sugar 12lb., add orano^e flower water 12 oz. : to each pound 

 of this s}Tup add half its weight of the distilled spirit, and keep it 

 for some time in a cellar. 



2. Myrrh. 5iv, aloes, croci ana 3ij, cinnam., caryoph., nuc. 

 mosch. ana 3j, proof spirit 2 pints; make a tincture, strain, add 

 syr. capilli Veneris lb. ij, aq. fior. aurant. 3xij. 



Huile Uquereiise des fieurs (Toranges. Orange flower water, 

 simple syrup ana p. aeq. 



Huile Uquereuse de la rose, JuLepum rosatum. Rose water, 

 simple syrup ana p. aeq. 



Colour for brewing. Brandy colouring. Essentia hince. Brown 

 sugar melted until it begins to grow bitter, and then made into a 

 syrup with lime water : used to colour liquors. 



Brotcning, Lump sugar 8 oz., water a table spoonful ; heat it 

 to a brown colour ; add salt 1 oz., and dilute with water to the 

 thickness of Japan soy : used to colour sauces. 



Raspberry vinegar, Oxysojccharum nd)i IdcEi, Raspberries 3lb., 

 vinegar 2 pints, white sugar 3lb. : produce 3 pints of vinegar. 



FOR USE IN THE ARTS. 



Solution of burnt sugar. Burn white sugar until the vapours are 

 copiously disengaged, and the brown, almost black, matter sticks 

 to the vessel ; add warm water to form a solution, to every oz. 

 measure of which add spirit of wine 3 jss to keep it : when used, 

 dilute it with more water that the shade of colour may be per- 

 ceived : used as a measure of the discolouring power of charcoal. 



.S*//r. of red adfbagr, Syr. brassiccB ruljrce. Juice of red cabbage 

 lb. ij, sugar lb. v, make a syrup ; some steam the leaves before 

 they press them. — 2. Leaves q. p. boiling water q. s. to cover 

 them ; infuse, strain, add sugar q. s. ; pectoral, much used in 

 some places. 



Syr, of violets, Syr. violarum, P. L. before 1745. Fresh flowers 

 lb. j, boiling water lb. ijss; infuse for a day, press out the liquor ; 

 in every 2 pints dissolve sugar lb. iv ; scum, and l)oil to a syrup. 



Syr. e succo violarum. Juice expressed from the flowers lb. j, 

 ftugar lb. ij, or rather more ; boil to a syrup. 



Syr. violarum, P. L. since 1745, Syr, violce, Syr, violce odoratce, 

 rom the infusion strained through a fine cloth, carefully avoid- 

 ing the least pressure. 



The syrups of logwood, columbine flowers, purple flag, blue- 

 bottle, litmus, red cabbage, and even indigo scented by iris root, 



£ £ 



