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week or two before using. 
Violet Sachet - 1 lb each of black currant leaves, cassia flower water - & roseleaves, 2 lbs powdered irris - 1/4 drachm of attar of almonds, 1 drachm of gram krusk, 1/2 lb powdered gum beugonia. Mix well, & let stand in a glass jar for a week before using.
Attar of Roses.
Gather sweet scented roses when they are perfectly dry, Fill a large earthen ware jar with leaves that have been carefully separated from the cups, pour over them just enough spring water to cover, & set the jar in the sun every day, removing to the house at night. At the end of the 3rd or 4th day small particles of yellow oil will be seen floating in the  surface of the water, & in a week the oil will have increased in quantity until it covers the water in a thin scum, this scum is the attar of roses & should be taken up with a very small piece of absorbent cotton, (such as surgeons use) tied to the end of a

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week or two before using. Violet Sachet - 1 lb each of black currant leaves, cassia flower water - & roseleaves, 2 lbs powdered irris - 1/4 drachm of attar of almonds, 1 drachm of gram krusk, 1/2 lb powdered gum beugonia. Mix well, & let stand in a glass jar for a week before using. Attar of Roses. Gather sweet scented roses when they are perfectly dry, Fill a large earthen ware jar with leaves that have been carefully separated from the cups, pour over them just enough spring water to cover, & set the jar in the sun every day, removing to the house at night. At the end of the 3rd or 4th day small particles of yellow oil will be seen floating in the surface of the water, & in a week the oil will have increased in quantity until it covers the water in a thin scum, this scum is the attar of roses & should be taken up with a very small piece of absorbent cotton, (such as surgeons use) tied to the end of a