ROSE OIL, for Improving the Hair. — Put into a pipkin a quantity
of dried rose leaves, cover them with hot olive oil, and keep hot for some
hours. The oil will extract both the colour and the odour.
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ROSES (CREAM OF), To Prepare. — Crush and sift magnesia,
and add sufficient rose water to form a thin cream. Bathe the face in warm
water, moisten with glycerine, then apply the cream, and when dry rub the
face lightly with a soft flannel.
ROSES FROM CUTTINGS, To Raise.— Take, in July, shoots
of ripe wood made during the spring, and having a portion of last year’s
wood attached. Cut them into lengths of five or six inches, selecting such
as have two lateral shoots, with about six leaves to each, and plant them in
pots filled with a mixture of leaf mould, silver sand, and loamy soil, in-
serting an inch of the old wood in the soil and leaving at least two leaves
above. Give a gentle watering to settle the soil round the shoots. Let them
stand to drain, and when the leaves are dry, remove the cuttings to a cold
frame, where they will be sheltered from the sun. In about a fortnight’s
time stand the pots in a hot-bed, and when the cuttings are well rooted, pot
each one separately.
ROSES FROM SEED, To Grow. — Sow the seeds thickly in
well-drained pans of leaf mould and yellow loam, cover with half an inch
of the earth, and sprinkle a little lime on the top ; water freely, and keep
them in the shade. Some gardeners consider it advantageous to soak the
seeds for three or four hours before sowing them. As the seeds
germinate, keep them free from all weeds, and never let the soil get too
dry.
ROSES (MILK OF), To Prepare. — Put into a bottle four ounces
of rose water, two teaspoonfuls of oil of sweet almonds, and twenty drops
of oil of tartar. Shake the bottle until the whole is combined. Apply
with a cambric handkerchief to the face, neck, and hands after the morn-
ing’s ablutions.
ROSE WATER, To Make. — Take six pounds of the leaves of
fresh damask roses and as much water as will prevent burning. Distil off
a gallon.
ROSEWOOD, Stain to Imitate. — Take half a pound of logwood
and the same weight of red sanders, and boil them in a gallon of water for
an hour ; strain the liquor through a cloth, and add one ounce of powdered
alum, stirring until it is dissolved. Apply the stain while hot with a sponge
to the wood, which will impart the reddish tinge of rosewood. Let it dry ;
then boil one pound of logwood in a gallon of water, and lay it on in
streaks in the same manner as the previous dye. If it be desired to impart
very dark streaks add a quarter of an ounce of copperas to the logwood
decoction.
ROUGE, for Theatrical Purposes. — Take Briangon chalk, reduce
it to a very fine powder, add to it a sufficient quantity of carmine to produce
the required vividness of colour, and carefully triturate the mixture, which
may be applied to the skin without any danger.
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Presented as published in 1891. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
ROSE OIL, for Improving the Hair. — Put into a pipkin a quantity of dried rose leaves, cover them with hot olive oil, and keep hot for some hours. The oil will extract both the colour and the odour.
ROSES (CREAM OF), To Prepare. — Crush and sift magnesia, and add sufficient rose water to form a thin cream. Bathe the face in warm water, moisten with glycerine, then apply the cream, and when dry rub the face lightly with a soft flannel.
ROSES FROM CUTTINGS, To Raise.— Take, in July, shoots of ripe wood made during the spring, and having a portion of last year’s wood attached. Cut them into lengths of five or six inches, selecting such as have two lateral shoots, with about six leaves to each, and plant them in pots filled with a mixture of leaf mould, silver sand, and loamy soil, inserting an inch of the old wood in the soil and leaving at least two leaves above. Give a gentle watering to settle the soil round the shoots. Let them stand to drain, and when the leaves are dry, remove the cuttings to a cold frame, where they will be sheltered from the sun. In about a fortnight’s time stand the pots in a hot-bed, and when the cuttings are well rooted, pot each one separately.
ROSES FROM SEED, To Grow. — Sow the seeds thickly in well-drained pans of leaf mould and yellow loam, cover with half an inch of the earth, and sprinkle a little lime on the top ; water freely, and keep them in the shade. Some gardeners consider it advantageous to soak the seeds for three or four hours before sowing them. As the seeds germinate, keep them free from all weeds, and never let the soil get too dry.
ROSES (MILK OF), To Prepare. — Put into a bottle four ounces of rose water, two teaspoonfuls of oil of sweet almonds, and twenty drops of oil of tartar. Shake the bottle until the whole is combined. Apply with a cambric handkerchief to the face, neck, and hands after the morning’s ablutions.
ROSE WATER, To Make. — Take six pounds of the leaves of fresh damask roses and as much water as will prevent burning. Distil off a gallon.
ROSEWOOD, Stain to Imitate. — Take half a pound of logwood and the same weight of red sanders, and boil them in a gallon of water for an hour ; strain the liquor through a cloth, and add one ounce of powdered alum, stirring until it is dissolved. Apply the stain while hot with a sponge to the wood, which will impart the reddish tinge of rosewood. Let it dry ; then boil one pound of logwood in a gallon of water, and lay it on in streaks in the same manner as the previous dye. If it be desired to impart very dark streaks add a quarter of an ounce of copperas to the logwood decoction.
ROUGE, for Theatrical Purposes. — Take Briangon chalk, reduce it to a very fine powder, add to it a sufficient quantity of carmine to produce the required vividness of colour, and carefully triturate the mixture, which may be applied to the skin without any danger.