Place one pound of fresh, well-cleaned maiden-hair fern - roots and all - in a vessel with just sufficient boiling water to cover it. Let it remain in a warm place for ten hours, after which strain and add sugar to taste, usually one pound to each pint. Now stir in two tablespoonfuls of orange-flower water and let the syrup simmer for five minutes. Then strain and bottle for use.

This syrup is taken with water, either by itself or with other syrups.