273. CREAM OF ROSES.

Take 1 lb. of oil of sweet almonds,

1 oz. of spermaceti,

1 oz. of white wax,

1 pint of rose-water, and

2 drachms of Malta rose, or nerolet essence.

Put the oil, spermaceti, and wax, into a well-glazed pipkin, over a

clear fire, and, when melted, pour in the rose-water by degrees, and

keep beating, till the compound becomes like pomatum. Now add the

essence, and then put the cream into small pots or jars, which must

be well covered up with pieces of bladder, and soft skin leather.