Illuminating Engineering Society, Association of Public Lighting Engineers (Great Britain) · [London] · leaf 467
ecured, with one exception, by Britishfirms. 438 THE ILLUMINATING ENGINEER. Bay-Berry Candles. The maldng of candles from tlie waxof the ba.y-berry was quite a commonoccupation for the housewives of oldentimes, and it appears that there is sometendency to revive the art in the UnitedStates. A… … found on a low bush clinging closely tothe stem, just beneath the top clusterof leaves. About a quart of berries isrequired to make one candle, so a con-siderable amount of time must bedevoted to the picking. The boiling process which is neces-sary to get the wax from the berriesfollows the…
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