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To Make Baking Powder

Powder and thoroughly dry separately, by gentle heat, 1/2 pound tartaric acid, 3/4 pound pure bicarbonate of soda, and 4 pound potato farina; mix them in a dry room, pass the mixture through a sieve, and at once put into packages, observing to press it hard, and to cover it with tinfoil or close-made paper, and to preserve it as much as possible from air and moisture. Or: Mix and pack, as just described, 1 pound tartaric acid, 1/2 pound alum, 1/4 pound pure bicarbonate of soda, 1 pound farina, and 3 ounces sesquicarbonate of ammonia. Or: 5 pounds tartaric acid, 8 pounds pure sesquicarbonate of soda, and 16 pounds farina. In using, 1 or 2 tea-spoonfuls are mixed with the dry flour, which is then made up quickly with cold water, and baked immediately. Any other flour or starch may be used instead of the potato flour. eceipts for the Flower R and Kitchen Garden.

The aim of the following receipts is to afford information for the treatment of ornamental in-door plants, and for the general requirements and improvement of the flower and kitchen garden, without entering into the principles of either agriculture or horticulture.