How To Make Lavender Water

Lavender water is a delicious and essential clean odor, delicious for the i bath, f rom which it derives its generic name- lavendula- and preferred by ' many to bay rum or Florida water. Here is a formula, said to be au excellent one, if any of our lady readers sire to make up a quantity for their home use. This will make a half gallon, and will be as good as any that can be bought already prepared, and much cheaper, so we are told. If you do not care for as much as given you can divide the amounts named by 2 or by 4, and thus make a quart or a pint respectively: For lavender water take two ounces (avoirdupois) finest oil of lavender ; essence of musk (finest), one imperial fluid ounce ; essence of ambergris (flnest), and oil of bergamot (recent), of each one-half ounce; rectifled spirits (90 per cent scentless), one-half gallon ; mix by agitation.