The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-25

end Of which time the Dot.pourri is
considered properly "ripened."
Now stir into the mixture a tea
spoonful Of ground cloves and one Of
cinnamon and let It stand, covered,
over night. The next day the pot
pourri mixture should be emptied into
dry dish and the jar recoated with
rose extfact-an excellent plan lie to
pour a quantity Of the oil or extract
into the far, shake Il well so that It
will be entirely washed with perfume
inside from top 10 bottom-after which
the retals-and- spice mixture is placed in
the jar again. Now sprinkle into the
pot-pourri about eight or ten drops Of
lavender oil, six or seven drops Of rose
mary and an ounce Of powdered Tonka
beans, then cover and put the Jar away
for the rest OF the summer season, open.
Ing It at intervals and stirring the con.
tents well. When cold days arrive your
pot-pourri in it's lovely decorative Jar
is ready to do "scent.duty" upon man
tel or hall table, in living room or IL
brary. (Tonka beans. 1t should be add
ed, are usually to be found at any drug
gist's or better erocer's shop. They are
imported from Guiana for their pleas
ant odor and are employed in making
sachets and for scenting tobacco.)
Grandmother's pot.pouri: In this
fragrant concoction red roses are also
used, as they seem often blessed with
the bonniest odors, although of course
II the pink roses that blow in your gar
den are sweet they will proffer their
own delicate variety Of scent even II
It be necessary to use few more
blooms. Dismantle the flowers, as be-
fore, and dry the petals for "a hours in
the sunshine, first removing all moist
or marred leaves. When quite dry
after having mixed them about well for
distributed sun warmth--remove them
from the tray and mix the rose petals
with a handful Of lavender buds land
If possible handful Of orange flowers,
tuberoses or old-fashioned spice-pinks
such as Grandmother loved--makina
sure, of course, that these petals are
all perfect and well dried in the sun
shine). English lavender buds, or flow.
efs. may usually be purchased, already
dried, at the florists or chemists.
Now bring forth your rose Jar and
place the petal-mixture therein-strew-
Ing well with sea-salt, a generous layer
Of salt and generous layer of petals,
alternating until the jar is quite filled
Secure the top on the Jar and put away
to stand for abous a month, undisturb.
ed. At the end Of this time open and
add spices: Two ounces of ground
mace, two ounces of ground cinnamon,
two ounces Of sandalwood, three ounces
of cloves and four ounces of orris root,
Mix this together well and to each
half pound Of the flower-petal-
mixture add two ounces of this spice
connection. Shake the whole we'll.
Then put into jar about On ounce Of
gum benzoin, stir the bits around IN
the mixture, add few drops Of rose oil
or extract and set the jar aside for an
other month, opening it occasionally to
stir preferably using wooden stick
That delicate favorite of Charles III
of England, pretty, witty Nell Gwynn,
set great store BY this particular pot
pourri recipe:
A tablespoonful Of cloves, several
Tonka beans, few grains of musk,
half-ounce Of benEo in gum, one table,
spoonful of ground cinnamon, six
ounces of orris root--mixing all well
together. Next add about five ounces
Of rose petals (dried in the sun, as be-
fore), three ounces Of dried lavender
flowers and mix together well with a
wooden spoon. After this close the pot
pourri jar and place upon shelf for
few days, opening and mixing well
each day. When about a week has
passed add the following care
to drop in each liquid separately and
so treasure the original scent of roses
and lavender: about twenty drops Of
verbena oil (drop by drop for each OF
these essences), twenty drops Of rose.
mary extract, thirty drops Of vanilla
extract. fifty drops Of rose extract, or
essential oil of roses. and fifty drops
Of lavend water. While adding the es-
sences stir slowly with wooden spoon
to prevent undue moisture at any side,
then close the jar tightly and set aside
to stand for about two months (six
weeks win do IL pot-pourri is desired
earlier), making sure to stir up once
a week with the wooden spoon.
Here's a bit Of song in fragrance
one which bells OF ancient France have
thought enchanting--and it is simple,
also, to make. The flowers used are
roses, old-fashioned garden pinks Tin
Europe they call these small flowers
"clove-carnations' lavender buds,
seranium petals and, il possible, YER
bena petals, Sort the petals as they
are striped from the flower, discard