1860 A Treatise on the Manufacture , Imitation, Adulteration and Reduction of Foreign Wines, Brandies, .

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BITTERS.

1 pound bruised columbo root. 4 ounces red sanders. 1 pound loaf-sugar. 2 gallons proof-spirits. 1 gallon water.

Digest fourteen days; decant the clear liquor, and filter if required.

No. 3.-WINE BITTERS. ~ pound wild-cherry bark.

2 ounces canella bark. 1 pound red sanders. 1 ounce bruised cardamom seed. 1 pound bruised gentian. 2 gallons pure spirits. 1 gallon water. Digest fourteen days; decant, and filter if necessary.

No. 4.-,VINE BITTERS. 4 pounds orange-peel. 4 pounds bruised gentian root.