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ROMAN CEMENT.— Mix a bushel of slaked lime with 3% lbs. of green copperas, half a bushel of fine gravel sand, and 15 gallons of water. Dissolve the copperas in hot water, and stir frequently. It must be mixed the same day it is used. ROOMS, to Fumigate for Sick Persons. — Put a table-spoonful of salt in a glass cup, and add, at four different times, a dessert-spoonful of vitriolic acid. The vapour will come in contact with the malignant miasmata, and destroy them. ROOMS, to take the Smell of Paint from. — Place vessels of water combined with a little vitriolic acid in a newly painted room ; it will absorb the effluvia in three days. ROSES. — Put some powdered charcoal around the roots of your roses. It will improve their colour. ROSES, Cream of. — Oil of sweet almonds, 1 lb. ; spermaceti and white wax, of each 1 oz. ; rose water, 1 pint, Malta rose or neroli essence. Put the oil, spermaceti, and wax into a well glazed pipkin, over a dear fire, and when melted, pour in the rose water gradually, beating till the compound ROS RUM becomes like pomatum. Add the essences, and pot the mixture ; cover well with bladder, ROSES, Infusion of. — Take of red roses dried, % an oz. ; boiling water, a quart ; oil of vitriol, £ a drachm ; loaf sugar, i oz. Infuse the roses in the water for 4 hours, In an unglazed earthen vessel ; then pour in the acid, strain the liquor, and add to it the sugar. In an excessive flow of the menses, vomiting of blood, and other haemorrhages, a tea-cupful of this gentle astringent infusion may be taken every three or four hours. It likewise makes an exceedingly good gargle. ROSE CAKE.— Boil 2 lbs. of sugar in a tea-cupful of water, over a slow fire, until you perceive it begins to candy on the sides of the pan, or has reached the degree of blown ; take off, and add 12 drops of the oil or otto of roses. Colour with prepared cochineal. Mix all together, and pour into small tin hoops, any shape you like. Or, pour it upon buttered paper in a tin, and dry it in the oven. While rather soft, cut Into shapes. ROSE LOTION for the Eyes. — Vitriolated zinc, 10 grains ; distilled vinegar, 2 drachms ; rose water, 14 drachms ; make into a wash for the eyes, and apply frequently with a rag. When the eyelids are tumefied, this performs a cure. Even rose water alone strengthens the eyes, and its smell is fragrant and reviving, ROSE LEAVES, to Preserve. — Gather them when dry ; press them into a jar well sprinkled with brandy for future use. Some pack them with common salt only. ROSE LOZENGES. Boil gently 2 lbs. of sugar in a cupful of water until it begins to candy, or till it is blown ; take off, and add 2 ozs. of gum arabic dissolved ; then add 15 drops of the oil or otto of roses ; roll out, and make into lozenges. Colour as you please. A little powdered starch, or olive oil, scented, will prevent them from sticking. Dry well. ROSE WATER. — Damask rose leaves, 6 lbs. ; water sufficient to prevent burning ; distil off a gallon. These leaves retain their odour if preserved as above directed, ROSEMARY. — See Robinson's Herbal. The Spirit of Rosemary is a good external application for strains and bruises. It is said to have cured a queen of Hungary of a paralytic affection. For headache, 4 drops of the oil are given in a dessert-spoonful of the spirit in a glass of water. It is good for hysterics.