To the four or five gallons of the spirits, and the lavender flowers
left in the still, after the distillation mentioned in the last
article, add 15 gallons of common proof spirit, 9 or 10 gallons of
spring water, 3 pounds of lavender flowers, and 4 ounces of oil of
lavender, intimately mixed with loaf-sugar, by powdering it in a
glass mortar.
Digest the whole, and draw off 25 gallons, proceeding in every
respect as before, except that in this case, no oil is to be added;
for, as there is so much water present, the addition of oil would
be apt to turn the whole quantity muddy, or of a bluish or opaque
colour, which it cannot be easily freed from, without a second
distillation.