Perfume Bags

               To be put in among clothing

    Also a Preventative against Moths  

Cloves, nutmegs, mace, carraway seeds, cinnamon, and Tanguine leaves, each 1/2 oz.; Florentine orris root, 3 ozs. Directions- Have all ground to a fine powder, nicely mixed, and put up in small bags to place among clothing. It gives them a fine perfume which the moths protest against, and hence the clothing is saved from their destruction.

 

Bibliographical Reference :                                                                                                                                                      Chase, A. W., M.D., "Dr. Chase's Third, Last, and Complete Receipt Book and Hosehold Physician", F.B. Dickerson Company, Detroit, MI, 1906, p. 636.

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