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Bouquet de Millefleurs

Mix 1 pine extract of rose; & pint cach of the extracts of tuberose, jasmin, orange-flower, cassia, and violet; 4 ounces essence of cedar, 2 ounces each of the tinctures of vanilla, am- Crass, hyssop, cherry-laurel, lavender, balm, mint, peach-leaves, roses, and sage, require 1 part of the plant for each part distilled product desired. Fresh and dry aromatics, as bitter almonds, orange-flowers, melilot, horseradish, elder, and tansy, require 1 part of the bergris, and musk; 1/2 pint essence of rose, 1 plant to 2 parts of distilled product. Dry and ounce attar of bergamot, and 10 drops cach very aromatic plants, as angelica, green anise, of the attars of almonds, neroli, and cloves. juniper berries, camomile, canella, cascarilla, Let the mixture stand for a week, and then fennel, sassafras, linden-flowers, and valerian, filter. require 1 part of the plant to each 4 parts of

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