Macerate the quince seed in half of the boiling water, with frequent agitations, for 2 hours and 30 minutes, then strain off. In the residue of the boiling water dissolve the borax and boric acid, add the glycerine and the perfume, the latter dissolved in the alcohol. Now add, little by little, the colate of quince seed, under constant agitation, which should be kept up for 5 minutes after the last portion of the colate is added.
Toilet Milks:
Cucumber Milk.—
| Simple cerate | 2 pounds |
| Powdered borax | 11 1/2 ounces |
| Powdered castile soap | 10 ounces |
| Glycerine | 26 ounces |
| Alcohol | 24 ounces |
| Cucumber juice | 32 ounces |
| Water to | 5 gallons |
| Ionone | 1 drachm |
| Jasmine | 1/2 drachm |
| Neroli | 1/2 drachm |
| Rhodinol | 15 minims |
To the melted cerate in a hot water bath add the soap and stir well, keeping up the heat until perfectly mixed. Add 8 ounces of borax to 1 gallon of boiling water, and pour gradually into the hot melted soap and cerate; add the remainder of the borax and hot water, then the heated juice and glycerine, and lastly the alcohol. Shake well while cooling, set aside for 48 hours, and siphon off any water that may separate. Shake well, and repeat after standing again if necessary; then perfume.
Cucumber Juice.
Glycerine Milk.—
| Glycerine | 1,150 parts |
| Starch, powdered | 160 parts |
| Distilled water | 400 parts |
| Tincture of benzoin | 20 parts |
Rub up 80 parts of the starch with the glycerine, then put the mixture on the steam bath and heat, under continuous stirring, until it forms a jellylike mass. Remove from the bath and stir in the remainder of the starch. Finally, add the water and tincture and stir till homogeneous.