1864 Bar Tender's Guide price $2 00 by Jerry Thomas

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COQUETTB FLATTEUSE.

91. Color, Yellow. Mix A iTj. American saffron, cut very fine, with 1 quart of alcohol, 95 per cent.; jjut it in a covered jar, in a warm place, and let it stand for 8 days; then press, filter, and bottle for use. A yellow coloring may also be made of turmeric instead of saffron. Observe the same proportions, and make in the same way. 92. Color, Purple. Mix ^ lb. elderberries, mashed to a pulp, with 1 quart of of alcohol, 95 per cent. Macerate (see No. 5) in a warm place for 8 days; then press, filter, and bottle for use.

93. Color, Bed, 1 ounce of finely-powdered cochineal. ■§• drachm of calcinated alum.

Boiled with a quart of water, in an earthen dish; add 1 quart of alcohol, 95 per cent,, press, filter, and bottle for use. 94. Color, Yiolet.

1 pint of blue color. 2 pints of red color. Mix together.

95. Coquette Flatteuse.

24 drops of oil of rose. 48 do. oil of mace. 32 do.

essence of ambergi-is. Dissolve in 3 gallons of alcohol, 95 per cent.; then add a syrup made of 42 lbs. of sugar and 4^ gallons of water (see No. Y). Color rose (see No. 93).