Honey Without Bees - cooking recipe

Ingredients

28 roses
870 white clover blossoms
40 red clover blossoms
10 lb. white sugar
alum (size of an acorn)

Preparation

Heat sugar but not until brown or melted.
Add 6 cups boiling water.
Boil 10 minutes with alum.
Take from stove.
Add rose petals and clover, which have been picked apart.
Let stand 20 minutes.
Strain; pour into jars.