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bottom, before you put in a fresb layer of bay salt 

 above and below every layer of flowers. Have ready 

 of spices, plenty of Cinnamon, Mace, Nutmeg, and 

 Pepper and Lemon peel pounded. For a large jar 

 h lb. Orris -root, 1 oz. Storax, 1 oz. Gum Benjamin, 

 2 ozs. Calamino aromatico, 2 grs. Musk, and a small 

 quantity of oil of Rhodium. The spice and gums 

 to be added when you have collected all the flowers 

 you intend to put in. Mix all well together, press 

 it down well, and spread bay salt on the top to ex- 

 clude the air imtil the January or February following. 

 Keep the jar in a cool, dry place." 



This, on the whole, is the best of these recipes, 

 though, for my own taste, I should leave out the 

 Musk and oil of Rhodium. I have never tried 

 pepper ; and though at first it sounds doubtful, it 

 may be worth trying, bearing in mind that the 

 irritating property that makes one sneeze comes 

 from inhaling particles as a dry dust, whereas in 

 the damp preparation, where the atoms would be 

 clogged into the mass, the fragrant scent only would 

 be given off. In this recipe again comes the puzzle 

 of Storax and Calamino aromatico. I have not been 

 able to ascertain what difference there is between 

 these two, all that I have as yet found out point- 

 ing to their being the same thing. " Spread bay 

 salt on the top to exclude the air ; " to exclude the 

 air seems a doubtful explanation of the purpose of 

 the salt; the close-fitting cover is to exclude the 



