Recipes for the million

CIDER, To Preserve. — Cider may be kept sweet by adding to each barrel of the same one quart of fine charcoal, or a couple of quarts of pure alcohol, or one gallon of brandy. CINERARIAS, To Grow. — These brilliantly-tinted flowers, although too tender for out-door growth, deserve cultivation as pot plants, as they may be had in flower from December to May. They can be multiplied by seed, cuttings, or root divisions, and will grow in any garden soil. The plants require to be kept just moist. CINNAMON WATER. — Steep one pound of cinnamon bark for four or five days in a gallon of brandy and the same quantity of water, then distil off one gallon. CIRCASSIAN CREAM, for the Skin. — Almond emulsion, half a pint ; essence of almonds, one dram ; bi-chloride of mercury, four grains ; spirits of wine, half a pint ; eau de Cologne, one teaspoonful. This forms an excellent cosmetic. CISTERNS, Cement for. — See Cement for Cisterns. CISTERNS (CYLINDRICAL), Rule for the Measurement of. — Take the length, width, and depth in feet ; multiply these together, and the product by 1,865; cut off four figures on the right, and the result will be the contents in barrels. Example : Fmd the contents of a cistern six feet in diameter and nine feet deep. Six feet, the length, multiplied by six feet, the breadth, and the product by nine, gives the depth, 324, which, multiplied by 1,865 and four figures cut off, gives sixty barrels and a decimal. In this the diameter is considered as being both length and breadth. The reason of the rule is this : a cylinder one foot in diameter and one foot long, would measure 1,865 ten-thousandths of a barrel. A cylinder nine times as long would contain nine times as much, and six times as wide, six times as much as that. CISTUSES, To Propagate. — There are various species of this plant, some forming handsome shrubs, and bearing large white, yellow, red, or purple flowers, others being of a trailing nature, and suitable for rockwork rather than the shrubbery. They may all be raised from suckers, cuttings, or seeds sown in a hot-bed during spring, and afterwards transplanted to a warm, well-drained, chalky soil. CITRON PUDDINGS. — Flour, one tablespoonful; sugar, two ounces ; citron-peel, two ounces ; cream, half a pint ; and a little mixed spice. Mix them together with the yolks of three eggs ; put into teacups and bake in a quick oven. CLARET (BRITISH), To Make. — To one quart of cider add the same quantity of port wine and a wineglassful of brandy ; fine down, and bottle off at the end of five weeks. CLARET CUP. — Mix together one quart bottle of claret and two bottles of soda or Seltzer water, three or four tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar, a few lumps of clear ice, a wineglass of Maraschino or Curafoa, and a sprig of green borage. Pass a clean napkin through the handles of the cup before handing round to the guests. CLIANTHUS PUNICEUS. — This handsome, half-creeping shrub, which bears scarlet blossoms, is generally regarded as a green-house plant, and is grown in a mixture of loam and the well-rotted compost of a hot-bed. It may, however, be made to stand our winter in the open by planting it against a wall and protecting the root with a thick covering of litter and matting. It is increased by suckers and cuttings.