This is a very agreeable form for the exhibition of nitre, as a _diuretic or febrifuge_, though, when the salt is thus taken, without any liquid (if the quantity be considerable), it is apt to occasion uneasiness about the stomach, which can only be prevented by a large dilution with aqueous liquors. HONEY OF ROSES. Take of dried red rose-buds, 4 oz. boiling distilled water, 3 pints, clarified honey, 5 lbs. Macerate the rose-leaves in the water for six hours; then mix the honey with the strained liquor, and boil the mixture to the thickness of a syrup. This preparation is not unfrequently used as a mild, cooling detergent, particularly in gargles for _ulcerations and inflammation of the mouth and tonsils_. SYRUP OF POPPIES. Take of the heads of white poppies, dried, 3½ lbs. double-refined sugar, 6 lbs. distilled water, 8 gallons. Slice and bruise the heads, then boil them in the water to three gallons, and press out the decoction. Reduce this, by boiling, to about 4 pints, and strain it while hot through a sieve, then through a thin woollen cloth, and set it aside for twelve hours, that the grounds may subside. Boil the liquor poured off from the grounds to three pints, and dissolve the sugar in it, that it may be made a syrup. This syrup, impregnated with the narcotic matter of the poppy-head, is given to _children_ in doses of two or three drams, and to adults of from half an ounce to one ounce and upwards, for _easing pain_, _procuring rest_, and answering the other intentions of _mild operations_. SYRUP OF VIOLETS. Take of fresh flowers of the violet, 1 lb. boiling distilled water, 3 pints. Macerate for 25 hours, and strain the liquor through a cloth, without pressing, and add double-refined sugar, to make the syrup. This is an agreeable _laxative medicine_ for young children. OXYMEL OF SQUILLS. Take of clarified honey, 3 lbs. vinegar of squills, 2 pints. Boil them in a glass vessel, with a slow fire, to the thickness of a syrup. Oxymel of squills is an useful _aperient, detergent, and expectorant_, and of great service in _humoral asthmas_, _coughs_, and other disorders where _thick phlegm_ abounds. It is given in doses of two or three drachms, along with some aromatic water, as that of cinnamon, to prevent the great nausea which it would otherwise be apt to excite. In large doses it proves _emetic_. VINEGAR OF SQUILLS. Take of squills, recently dried, 1 pound, vinegar, 6 pints, proof spirit, ½ pint. Macerate the squills with the vinegar, in a glass vessel, with a gentle heat, for 24 hours; then express the liquor, and set it aside until the fæces subside. To the decanted liquor add the spirit.