VARIETIES. 
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Milk  of  Cucumber. 
Sweet  almonds         .  .  4  oz. 
Expressed  juice  of  cucumbers  .         1  pint. 
Spirit  (90  o.  p.)  .  .8  oz. 
Green  oil,  wax    )       ,  , 
„    ,  Y  each         .  .        ?  oz. 
Curd  soap  j 
Raise  the  juice  of  the  cucumbers  to  the  boiling  point  for  half  a  minute, 
cool  it  as  quickly  as  possible,  then  strain  through  fine  muslin  ;  proceed  to 
manipulate  in  the  usual  manner. 
Creme  de  Pistache. 
(Milk  of  Pestachio  Nuts.') 
Pestachio  nuts          .  .  3  oz. 
Orange  flower  water  .  .         31  pints. 
Esprit  Neroly          .  .  f  pint. 
Palm  soap  1 
Green  oil,  wax    >  each  .  .         1  oz. 
Spermaceti  J 
Lait  Virginal. 
Rose  water  .  .  .  .1  quart. 
Tincture  benzoin       .  .  \  oz. 
Add  the  water  very  slowly  to  the  tincture  ;  by  so  doing  an  opalescent 
milky  fluid  is  produced  which  will  retain  the  consistency  for  many  years ; 
by  reversing  this  operation,  pouring  the  tincture  into  the  water,  a  cloudy 
precipitate  of  the  resinous  matter  ensues,  which  does  not  again  become 
suspended  in  the  water. 
Extract  of  Elder  Flowers. 
Elder  flower  water     .  ,  .1  quart. 
Tincture  benzoin       .  .  1  oz. 
Manipulate  as  for  virgin's  milk. 
Similar  compounds  may,  of  course,  be  made  with  orange  flower  and 
other  waters. 
Cold  Cream. 
Claude  Galen,  the  celebrated  physician  of  Peigamos,  in  Asia,  but  who 
distinguished  himself  at  Athens,  then  at  Alexandria,  and  afterwards  at 
Rome  about  1,700  years  ago,  was  the  inventor  of  that  peculiar  unguent,  a 
mixture  of  grease  and  water,  which  is  now  distinguished  as  cold  cream  in 
perfumery,  and  as  Ceratum  Galeni  in  Pharmacy. 
The  modern  formula  for  cold  cream  is,  however,  quite  a  different  thing 
to  that  given  in  the  works  of  Galen  in  point  of  odor  and  quality,  although 
substantially  the  same — grease  and  water.  In  perfumery  there  are  several 
kinds  of  cold  cream,  distinguished  by  their  odor,  such  as  that  of  camphor, 
almond,  violet,  roses,  &c.    Cold  cream  as  made  by  English  perfumers  bears 
