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Orange-Flower Water (Ounces cardamoms and macerato)

The 4 ounces cardamoms, and macerato 2 weeks genuine imported article is one of the most in alcohol of 95°; press through a cloth and delightfully fragrant of all the odoriferous disfilter. tilled waters. An imitation may be made as 1024. Tincture of Ambergris. Pow- FLAVORING EXTRACTS. der thoroughly 1 ounce ambergris and 1/2 ounce sugar in a warm mortar; then dissolve ounce carbonate of potash in 14 ounces alcoholate of roses, and add to it 3½ ounces tincture of musk (see No. 1025); macerate the whole for about 1 month, and filter.

To Prepare Flavoring Extracts. The following excellent receipts, taken from the "American Journal of Pharmacy," are by Prof. W. Procter, Jr.

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