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state  it  is  rarely  sold  for  a  perfume,  but  is  consumed  in  the  manufacture 
of  compound  odors,  bouquets,  or  nosegays,  as  they  are  called. 
Extract  of  vanilla  is  also  used  largely  in  the  manufacture  of  hair-washes, 
which  are  readily  made  by  mixing  the  extract  of  vanilla  with  either  rose, 
orange,  elder,  or  rosemary  water,  and  afterwards  filtering. 
We  need  scarcely  mention  that  vanilla  is  greatly  used  by  cooks  and  con- 
fectioners for  flavoring. 
Verbena,  or  Vervaine. — The  scented  species  of  this  plant, -the  lemon 
verbena,  Aloysia  citri  odora  (Hooker),  gives  one  of  the  finest  perfumes 
with|  which  we  are  acquainted  ;  it  is  well  known  as  yielding  a  delightful 
fragrance  by  merely  drawing  the  hand  over  the  plant ;  some  of  the  little 
vessels  or  sacks  containing  the  essential  oil  must  be  crushed  in  this  act,  as 
there  is  little  or  no  odor  by  merely  smelling  at  the  plant. 
The  essential  oil,  which  can  be  extracted  from  the  leaves  by  distillation 
with  water,  on  account  of  its  high  price,  is  rarely,  if  ever,  used  by  the  ma- 
nufacturing perfumer,  but  it  is  most  successfully  imitated  by  mixing  the 
oil  of  lemon  grass,  Andropogon  schoenanthus,  with  rectified  spirit,  the  odor 
of  which  resembles  the  former  to  a  nicety.  The  following  are  good 
forms  for  making  the 
Extract  of  Verbena. 
Rectified  spirit       .       .       .       .  1  pint. 
Oil  of  lemon  grass        ....       3  drachms. 
"     lemon  peel  2  oz. 
"     orange  peel  .  .       .       .       I  oz. 
After  standing  together  for  a  few  hours,  and  then  filtering,  it  is  fit  for 
sale. 
Another  mixture  of  this  kind,  presumed  by  the  public  to  be  made 
from  the  same  plant,  but  of  a  finer  quality,  is  composed  thus — it  is  sold 
under  the  title  of 
EXTRAIT  DE  VeRVEINE. 
Rectified  spirit   1  pint. 
Oil  of  orange  peel        .       .       .       .       •  1  oz. 
"     lemon  peel   .  .       .       .  2  oz. 
"     citron   I  dram. 
11     lemon  grass        .....  drams. 
Extrait  de  fleur  d'orange       .       .       .       .  7  oz. 
"  tubereuse         .       .       .       .  7  oz. 
Esprit  de  rose   ^  pint. 
This  mixture  is  exceedingly  refreshing,  and  is  one  of  the  most  elegant  per- 
fumes that  is  made.  Being  white  it  does  not  stain  the  handkerchief.  It  is 
best  when  sold  fresh  made,  as  by  age  the  citrine  oils  oxidize,  and  the  per- 
fume acquires  an  ethereal  odor,  and  then  customers  say  "  it  is  sour."  The 
vervaine  thus  prepared,  enters  into  a  great  many  of  the  bouquets,  that  are 
sold  under  the  title  of  the  "  Court  Bouquet,"  and  others  which  are  mix- 
