HONEY (ARTIFICIAL). — Good white sugar, five pounds;
water, one quart ; bring them gradually to a boil, skim well, then add
pulverised alum, a quarter of an ounce. When cool stir in cream of tartar,
half an ounce, and extract of roses, one tablespoonful✪ Honey (Artificial).
HONEY BALSAM, for a Cough. — Add a teacupful of vinegar to
a pound of honey ; boil, and skim ; when cold stir in an ounce of elixir of
paregoric, put into a bottle, and keep well corked. Dose : One tablespoon-
ful every four hours.
HONEY OF ROSES, for Sore Mouths, Breasts, &c. — Steep a
quarter of a pound of dried red rose buds in three pints of boiling water
for six hours ; strain, add five pounds of clarified honey✪ Honey of Roses for Sore Mouths, Breasts, &c. to the liquor, and
boil to a syrup.
HONEY, To obtain. — See Bf.es’ Hives.
HONEYSUCKLE, The Cultivation of. — These sweetly-perfumed
climbers are useful for covering walls, trellis-work, or arches, as, in addition
to the beauty of their foliage they have the advantage of leafing early.
They prefer a sound, deep, light loam, with a partly shaded situation.
There are also shrubby varieties, which are mostly hardy, and may be
readily increased from rooted suckers, layers, or cuttings, and also by seed
from their berries.
HONEY WATER COSMETIC. — Dissolve two ounces of
powdered volatile salts in a pint of water ; add half a dram of oil of cloves,
and the same quantity of oil of lavender and oil of bergamot. Rose and
orange-flower water may likewise be added.
HOOPING-COUGH, Liniment for. — Mix together eight ounces
of olive oil, four ounces of oil of amber, and sufficient oil of cloves to
impart a strong scent. Rub the mixture on the chest, but not during the
first ten days of the complaint. This liniment may also be used for
ordinary coughs.
Good old rum, rubbed on the back and chest before going to bed, in-
variably procures a night’s repose.
HOOPING-COUGH, To Relieve. — Take of musk julep, six
ounces ; paregoric elixir, half an ounce ; volatile tincture of valerian, one
dram. Mix. Dose : Two spoonfuls three or four times a day.
HOP BITTERS. — Pour a quart of boiling water upon two ounces
of hops, and infuse for twenty-four hours. Dose : One wineglasslul half
an hour before meals.
HOPS, Extract of. — Make a very strong infusion of hops, boil it to
a thin syrup, and let it steam, closely covered, till thick. Make into pills
of from five to ten grains. Useful in cases of nervous depression.
HOPS, Tincture of. — Macerate two ounces of hops in half a pint of
proof spirits. Is good for “ after-pains ” and inflammation of the bowels.
Dose : From half to one dram.
HOREHOUND CANDY. — Boil a pound and a half of sugar in
half a pint of water till candied, then stir in a little dried horehound✪ Horehound Candy. Pour
it on to a marble slab or buttered paper, let it cool, and cut it into
squares.
HOREHOUND SYRUP, for Consumption of the Lungs. — Infuse
a poppy-head and one ounce of dried horehound for two days in a quartern
of spirits and the same amount of boiling water ; strain, and add two
ounces of honey and a teaspoonful of essence of lemon✪ Horehound Syrup for Consumption of the Lungs.
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HONEY (ARTIFICIAL). — Good white sugar, five pounds; water, one quart ; bring them gradually to a boil, skim well, then add pulverised alum, a quarter of an ounce. When cool stir in cream of tartar, half an ounce, and extract of roses, one tablespoonful.
HONEY BALSAM, for a Cough. — Add a teacupful of vinegar to a pound of honey ; boil, and skim ; when cold stir in an ounce of elixir of paregoric, put into a bottle, and keep well corked. Dose : One tablespoonful every four hours.
HONEY OF ROSES, for Sore Mouths, Breasts, &c. — Steep a quarter of a pound of dried red rose buds in three pints of boiling water for six hours ; strain, add five pounds of clarified honey to the liquor, and boil to a syrup.
HONEY, To obtain. — See Bees' Hives.
HONEYSUCKLE, The Cultivation of. — These sweetly-perfumed climbers are useful for covering walls, trellis-work, or arches, as, in addition to the beauty of their foliage they have the advantage of leafing early. They prefer a sound, deep, light loam, with a partly shaded situation. There are also shrubby varieties, which are mostly hardy, and may be readily increased from rooted suckers, layers, or cuttings, and also by seed from their berries.
HONEY WATER COSMETIC. — Dissolve two ounces of powdered volatile salts in a pint of water ; add half a dram of oil of cloves, and the same quantity of oil of lavender and oil of bergamot. Rose and orange-flower water may likewise be added.
HOOPING-COUGH, Liniment for. — Mix together eight ounces of olive oil, four ounces of oil of amber, and sufficient oil of cloves to impart a strong scent. Rub the mixture on the chest, but not during the first ten days of the complaint. This liniment may also be used for ordinary coughs.
Good old rum, rubbed on the back and chest before going to bed, invariably procures a night’s repose.
HOOPING-COUGH, To Relieve. — Take of musk julep, six ounces ; paregoric elixir, half an ounce ; volatile tincture of valerian, one dram. Mix. Dose : Two spoonfuls three or four times a day.
HOP BITTERS. — Pour a quart of boiling water upon two ounces of hops, and infuse for twenty-four hours. Dose : One wineglasslul half an hour before meals.
HOPS, Extract of. — Make a very strong infusion of hops, boil it to a thin syrup, and let it steam, closely covered, till thick. Make into pills of from five to ten grains. Useful in cases of nervous depression.
HOPS, Tincture of. — Macerate two ounces of hops in half a pint of proof spirits. Is good for “ after-pains ” and inflammation of the bowels. Dose : From half to one dram.
HOREHOUND CANDY. — Boil a pound and a half of sugar in half a pint of water till candied, then stir in a little dried horehound. Pour it on to a marble slab or buttered paper, let it cool, and cut it into squares.
HOREHOUND SYRUP, for Consumption of the Lungs. — Infuse a poppy-head and one ounce of dried horehound for two days in a quartern of spirits and the same amount of boiling water ; strain, and add two ounces of honey and a teaspoonful of essence of lemon.
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