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Ginger beer pmcders. White suear 5j 3ij, zz. gr. v, natr. pp. 

 gr. xxvj, in each blue paper; acid of tartar 3jss, in each white 

 paper : these quantities are for half a pint of water. 



Spruce beer poicders. White sugar 5J 9ij, natr. pp. xxvj, ess. 

 of spruce gr. x. in each blue paper; acid of tartar 5 ss, in each 

 white paper : for half a pint of water. 



Portable lemonade. Acid of tartar 1 oz., sugar 6 oz., ess. 

 limon. 10 drops; rub together, divide into 24 papers, for a 

 tumbler of water each. 



2. Concrete acid of lemons 1 oz., white sugar 4lb., ess. limon. 



Whey powder^ Petit lait en poudre. Sugar of milk 2 oz., 

 white sugar 8 oz., gum Arabic half an oz. : dose an oz., in 2 

 pints of water. 



PERFUMERY AND COSMETICS. 



Poufje^ Rouge d^Espagne. Wash safflower until the water 

 comes off colourless, dry the washed petals, and soak them in 

 subcarb. of soda water; pour the yellow liquor upon fine white 

 carded cotton, add lemon juice, citric acid, or acetic acid, the 

 cotton takes a yellowish red dye ; wash the cotton to take away 

 the yellow tinge, then soak the cotton in fresli subcarbonate of 

 soda water, decant the liquid upon some French chalk, levigated 

 very fine, again add the acid to throw down the pure red matter, 

 and grind the coloured chalk with a few drops of olive oil. 



2. Separate the colour from the cotton by the acids ; and then 

 grind the sediment with French chalk and oil. 



Pure rotufe. Vert rouge d' Athenes. Separate the colour from 

 the cotton by the acids, and dry the sediment, which becomes of 

 a copper bronze colour when dry, but rcassumes its red colour 

 when wetted. 



PinA saucers, Safflower, previously washed in water until it 

 no longer gives out any colour, and dried, 8 oz, subcarb. of soda 

 2 oz, water 2 gall. ; infuse, strain, add French chalk 4lb., scraped 

 fine with Dutch rushes, and precipitate the colour upon it with 

 citric acid or tartaric acid. 



Perfumed powder for scent boxes* Sem. coriandri, rad. irid. 

 Flor., fol. rosar., rad\ calam. arom. ana 4 oz, fl. lavand. 8 oz., 

 loschi 3j, lign. rhodii 5j. 



2. Sem. coriandri, rad. irid. Flor., fol. rosar. rubr. ana 1 oz., 

 lacis, caryoph. arom. ana 5 j, flor. lavand. 1 oz. 5iv, rad. calam. 

 1 oz., moschi gr. iij, if agreeable. 



Spec, odariferoy for wash balls, Amyli 20 oz., rad. irid. Flor. 12 



^, ol. rorism., ol. lavand. Angl. ana 5j, sem. bamiae moschatse 

 2 oz. 



HH 2 



