The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-24
4 IDEAS for dWomen

make their own p%otpourri and sachet.
The costume of preserving the petals OF
sweet smelling flowers for the sake of
their fragrant perfume is one of consid-
cradle aitiquity.-it doubtless originated
In the East. wher the practice of per-
Tuning by means of dried herbs and fra
grant woods is almost universal. In En-
gland there is little record of the custom
until medieval times, when we find in
most old recipe books some method OF
preserving rose leaves and lavender.
which were probably the earliest. forms of
potpourri. The perfume of many of the
sweetest flowers dies with them. and it
is. therefore obvious that only those
which retain their odor when dried are
Of use in making a potpourri. OF these
the chief are the rose, lavender, sweet
violet, patchouli leaves and cassia buds.
There are two things 1t is necessary to
bear in mind in making a good potpourri.
The first is to use only the best quality
of the necessary articles, and the second
to see they are thoroughly blended. For
the latter purpose a large wash hand
basin answers well, the ingredients be-
ing thoroughly mixed together by running
between the fingers after each article is
added. Essential oils should first be mix
ed with any powdered substance that may
be included in the recipe before being
mixed with the other ingredients. Flower
petals should always be dried before us
ing, the best method being to place them
in q hin layer on a large sheet of paper
and allow the moisture to yaporae spon-
taneously. Never. use heat to dry flower
petals.
Either of the following recipes makes a
delightful potpourri:-
Take of rose leaves, 4 ounces cloves, !
ounce; powdered gum b~enzoin, l ounce;
pompete l ounce; essence of bergamot, 100
drops; musk. 4 grains; oil of cloves, %
drops: oil of lavender (English), 120 drops;
oil of cassia. IS drops; altar of roses, 40
drops. Mix the musk with the powdered
cloves. benzoin and pimento thoroughly,
then id the oil. Blend the whole init
mately with the rose leaves.
Take of lavender. flowers, l ounce; rose
leaves, 8 ounces: powdered orris root, 4
ounces; vanilla beans. l drachm; musk, A
grains; extract OF jasmin, 4 drachms; oil
of sandaiwood, 40 drops; oil of Neroli, 10
drops; altar of roses, 20 drops. Mix as be-
fore.
Take of rose leaves, 4 ounces; Tonquin
beans, 1 ounce; sweet violet flowers, 2
ounces; powdered orris root, 2 ounces; yell
low sandalwood, 2 ounces; gum benzoin,
= ounce; cloves, 1a ounce; musk, 10 grains;
oil of lavender (English). II drops; oil OF
bergamot, 80 drops; oil of ylang-ylang. 20
drops; altar of rose. 20 drops. Mix as be-
fore. 1t is well to preserve the potpourri
in d glass toppered jar for a week before
exposing it in a bowl. The best way is to
put out a little at a time and keep the
bulk In the stoppered jar.
In the preparation of sachet powders
the same care should be used, and all
the solid ingredients employed must first
be ground to a coarse powder. The fol-
lowing selections will be found to be ex-
cellent working formulate, and are easily
made
Heliotrope-Tak of rose leaves, 2
ounces; orris root powder, / ounce; layen-
der flowers. / ounce; Tonquin beans, 2
drachms; benzoin gum. 1 drachm; musk,
5 grains; oil of bitter almonds, 8 drops;
oil of sandal. 30 drops: oil of Neroli, 10
drops. Mix.
Millefeurs-Take of lavender flowers. 6
draehms- cloves . draehms. cassia buds.
. dracbms. coriander 4 drachms: benzoin.
u drachm. vanilla. / draebm: nutmeg. y
ayachn. orr.s root 2 ounces: musk. 5
grai,s. oil of rose : fsrons. oil of Neroli.
4 drons. iii Of natchoulI. ? drops; oil of
lavender fEnglishl 4 drops: oil of YER
bena, 2 drops; oil of sandal wood, 10
drons Mix we'll Together.
-apeinani-0r roof 2 ounces. rose
,aares } ounces. vanilla mods. i drachm;
benzofn / draehn. oil of lavender fEng
l,sb, * drons. MI of herea mot 1e drops:
iii ~ cassfa & drons. oil of pimento. 10
dro,s. IN of sandal wood. 80 drops: oil of
Nerali ls drops: oil of roses, S drops. Mix
ue,, together
swaet avenaer-Take IF lavender flow
ers ! Mound. benzoin. i ounce: oil of law
ender (Enalish,. * ounce.3extract of musk
! o,,nre Nix well together.
Iaekev flrb-Take Of orris root. now
saraa ~ Mounds. sandal wood ground. Il
g - attar ~
pound; OIL OF pergamot' = ounce aelar -
rose, Is drops; extract of musk, ounce;
gesner-
New Mown Hay-Take OF orris root.
nowdered > pounds: Tonuuin beans, 4
$500. ,ani,la haans 4 ounras. oil of bir-
ui'e = 800 -N. "a
ter aimonds, D orops' OH Oh sefaiiaih. "
drops; altar of rose, 10 drops; oil of ber-