1862 Bar Tender's Guide price $1.50 by Jerry Thomas

RECIPES FOR SHALL QUAJNTITJES. 227 the amount of a pint; take 2 pints of syrup; hoil it to a "ball" (see No.16), and add the coffee; put it again on the fire; boil it to a "pearl"(see No.13), mid strain it through a cloth; bottle it when cold

438. "Wormwood Syrup.

1 ounce of wormwood. 1 lb. ofsugar.

Make nearly a pint of the infusion of wormwood; add to it 1 lb. of loaf sugar; clarify it(see Nos.6 and 7), and boil to a"pearl"(see No. 13); when cold, bottle it.

439. Marsh-Mallow Syrup. Take 2 ounces of marsh-mallow roots; cut them into small pieces; bruise them in a mortar,and boil the mal lows in 1-J pint of water, till reduced to a pint; then clear it, and add 1 lb. of sugar, finishing it in the same way as capUlaire (see No. 429).

440. Syrup of Pinks.

lb. of pinks. 1 lb. of sugar.

Pick off all the green parts from half a poimd of pinks; put the flowers in a mortar,and pound them with a pint of boiling water; strain the decoction through a cloth; clarify 1 lb. of loaf sugar (see No.6); boil it to a"ball" (see No. 16), and add it to the decoction; put it again on the fire, and hoil it to a"pearl"(see No.13). This syrup may also be made without pounding the flowers,only boil ing them with the sugar; when done,sldm it, and strain it through a cloth. The dark-red velvety single-pink is the best for syi'up.