75 TDRKIStt ROSE PEARLS» 



Taking up and If weeds appear again, or the ground get hard and dr^^ 

 100^^"°^ '^^ ^^^y should be hoed a second tiiiie. Lastly, in the month 

 of October the roots should be taken up, and laid in the 

 places intended for keeping them, first cutting off the stalk 

 close to the root, that they may not vegetate during the 

 winter* 



XII. 



Account of a Composition commonly called Tnfkish Ros& 

 Pearls; by Mr. Marcel de Serres, Inspector of ArtSf, 

 at Vienna** 



Elegant and JL URKEY has a considerable trade in a composition 

 beads made of '^"f'^ii t)y the name of rose pearls ; and as this composition 

 jose leaves. is very simple, I imagine it may not be uninteresting to make 

 it known, that it may be imitated in other countries. Nothing 

 more is necessary than to take the petals of fresh gathered 

 roses, and pound them carefully in a cast iron mortar well 

 polished. They are to be pounded till they are thoroughly 

 bruised and form a smooth paste. This paste is to be spread 

 on a sheet of iron, and dried in the air. When it is nearly 

 dry, it is to be pounded again with some rose water, and 

 dried afresh. This is to be repeated, till the mass is re- 

 duced to a very fine paste, when it is fashioned into the 

 proper shape with the fingers, or with an instrument similar 

 to that used for cutting pills. The sort of beads thus formed 

 are then perforated for stringing, and the paste is dried afresh, 

 till it becomes very hard. When they are smooth and well 

 polished, they are rubbed with oil of roses, to increase their 

 fragrance and lustre. By this simple process the paste of 

 tcse leaves takes a very decided black colour, owing to a 

 combination of the gallic acid in them with iron. 

 SimiTar beads With a similar paste beads of various colours are formed, 

 crfoifeer CO- The most common, next to the black, are red and blue. 

 The colouring matter is added to the paste. It is possible 

 however, that these red or blue beads, which are said to be 



• Swnaifnisi's Bibliotb. Pbys. — Econ. Feb. laio, p. 105. 



nothing 



