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1V2 ounces of cinnamon.

1% do. orris root.

1% do. basil.

i}4 do. large camomile flowers. .

I do. lavendar flowers.

I

do. rosemary.

V2 do. vanilla.

do. nutmeg.

% do. mace

% do. cubebs.

% do. cardamom.

Ground; macerate for 24 hours with 3 gallons of al

cohol, 95 per cent; and 4 gallons of water; distil from

off the water 3 gallons of flavored alcohol, add 24 lbs.

of sugar, dissolved in 514 gallons of water; color red

yellow, with a tincture of saffron and cochineal. Filter.

249. Liqueur de The.

24 lbs. of sugar and 5% gallons of water boil and

skim, then add 8 ounces of the best Hyson tea; let it

stand till nearly cool, strain, press; mix with it 3 gallons

of alcohol, 951 per cent. Filter. (One ounce of tinct-

ttre of Spanish saffron may do well.)

250. Lovage.

8 gallons of Holland gin are mixed with i gallon of

syrup, a tincture made of 4 lbs. of finely cut celery

roots; macerate for 24 hours with i gallon of alcohol,

95 per cent; strain, and press the alcohol very well out,

and dissolve 6 drachms of oil of cinnamon and 2

drachms of oil of caraway-seed; filter.