| I.— | Quince seed | 90 grains |
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| Boric acid | 8 grains |
| Glycerine | 4 fluidounces |
| Alcohol | 6 fluidounces |
| Carbolic acid | 6 drachms |
| Cologne water | 4 fluidounces |
| Oil lavender flowers | 40 drops |
| Glycerite starch | 4 av. ounces |
| Distilled witch-hazel extract enough to make | 32 fluidounces. |
Dissolve the boric acid in 16 ounces of the witch-hazel extract, macerate the quince seed in the solution for 3 hours, strain, add the glycerine, carbolic acid, and glycerite, and mix well. Mix the alcohol, cologne water, lavender oil, and mucilages, incorporate with the previous mixture, and add enough witch-hazel extract to bring to the measure of 32 fluidounces.
| II.— | Quince seed | 4 ounces |
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| Hot water | 16 ounces |
| Glycerine | 32 ounces |
| Witch-hazel water | 128 ounces |
| Boric acid | 6 ounces |
| Rose extract | 2 ounces |
| Violet extract | 1 ounce |
Macerate the quince seed in the hot water; add the glycerine and witch-hazel, in which the boric acid has been previously dissolved; let the mixture stand for 2 days, stirring occasionally; strain and add the perfume.
Skin Cream For Collapsible Tubes.—
| I.— | White vaseline | 6 ounces |
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| White wax | 1 ounce |
| Spermaceti | 5 drachms |
| Subchloride bismuth | 6 drachms |
| Attar of rose | 6 minims |
| Oil of bitter almonds | 1 minim |
| Rectified spirit | 1/2 ounce |
Melt the vaseline, wax, and spermaceti together, and while cooling incorporate the subchloride of bismuth (in warm mortar). Dissolve the oils in the alcohol, and add to the fatty mixture, stirring all until uniform and cold. In cold weather the quantities of wax and spermaceti may be reduced.
| II.— | Lanolin | 1 ounce |
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| Almond oil | 1 ounce |
| Oleate of zinc (powder) | 3 drachms |
| Extract of white rose | 1 1/2 drachms |
| Glycerine | 2 drachms |
| Rose water | 2 drachms |
Face Cream Without Grease.—
| Quince seed | 10 parts |
| Boiling water | 1,000 parts |
| Borax | 5 parts |
| Boric acid | 5 parts |
| Glycerine | 100 parts |
| Alcohol, 94 per cent | 125 parts |
| Attar of rose, quantity sufficient to perfume. |