A Dark Drab may be obtained by using a little archil, and extract of Indigo. Flesh Colour, for dyeing Silk. — Boiling water, 1 gallon ; put in 1 oz. of white soap, and 1 oz. of pearlash. Mix well ; then add a cupful of Annotta liquor✪ Flesh Colour for Dyeing Silk. Put the silk through several times, and proportion the liquor till you obtain the required shade. A Salmon colour may be obtained by first passing through the above liquor, and then through diluted muriate of Tin. Magenta for Silk, Wool, or Worsted. — Water, 1 gallon, heated up to 189° ; add Magenta Liquor, one table-spoonfu✪ Magenta for Silk, Wool, or Worstedl ; stir it well up. This will dye a broad ribbon 4 yards long ; or a pair of small stockings. To dye a larger quantity of material, add more Magenta Liquor and water. The shade of colour may be easily regulated by using more or less. Magenta Pink may be obtained by increased dilution. Mauve, for Silk, Wool, or Worsted*— Water, 1 gallon; add 1 table-spoonful of sulphuric acid ; then heat to boiling point. For a very light Mauve, add 1 teaspoonful of imperial Violet Liquor✪ Mauve for Silk, Wool, or Worsted ; boil the same amount of material, as stated under Magenta, about 10 minutes. Rinse in cold water. If the colour be too deep, use a little soap in rinsing, using warm water. A Violet colour may be produced by using a tablespoonful of Violet Liquor instead of a teaspoonful. Pea-green, for Silk. — To 1 quart of water, put half a teaspoonful of Pic- ric Acid, and rather more than half a wine glassful of sulphuric acid, and a tea-spoonful of paste extract of indig✪ Pea-green for Silko ; boil about 5 minutes ; then add water to cool it down to blood heat, or ioo°. Put in the silk, and work it about 20 minutes. The shade may be varied by adding more or less of the Picric Add, DYE 167 OYS or extract of indigo ; if more of cither be added, boil separately in a little water, and add to the previous liquor. Pe2-Green, for Worsted. — Use the same materials as I he aforesaid ; but boil all the time in 1 gallon of water for about so or 30 minutes. tgg" A darker Green may be ob- tained by using a larger quantity of material. Plum Colour, for Worsted, Silk, or Cotton. — Water, 1 gallon ; sulphuric arid, a teaspoonful ; glauber salts, or common Dyer's crystals, two table-spoonfuls ; violet liquor, a table- spoonful ; magenta liquor, % a table- spoonfu✪ Plum Colour for Worsted, Silk, or Cottonl. Boil the article (silk, wool, or worsted), about 10 minutes. (S~ Cotton should be dyed the above colours separately, and by first running them through weak Gall Liquor, and weak double muriate of tin. /Then wash well, and work in the aforesaid liquor, according to colour and shade. The Jquor should be cold for Cotton. Scarlet on Worsted or Wool. — Water, 3 gallons, a ozs. of dry cochi- neal, 1 oz, of cream of tartar, nitrate of tin, a wine-glassful✪ Scarlet on Worsted or Wool ; boil the goods 1 hour. To give the goods a yellow hue, add a little young fustic. Wash out as before. Yellow, for Dyeing Silk. — Pro- ceed the same in Dyeing as Pea Green, omitting the extract of indigo, and using oxalic tin instead of sulphuric arid. DYEING. — Blue; first dip the article in a solution of nlum ; and then in a solution of extract of Indigo. Wash out. If not bloomy enough, pass it through a weak solution of Archil.

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A Dark Drab may be obtained by using a little archil, and extract of Indigo. Flesh Colour, for dyeing Silk. — Boiling water, 1 gallon ; put in 1 oz. of white soap, and 1 oz. of pearlash. Mix well ; then add a cupful of Annotta liquor. Put the silk through several times, and proportion the liquor till you obtain the required shade. A Salmon colour may be obtained by first passing through the above liquor, and then through diluted muriate of Tin. Magenta for Silk, Wool, or Worsted. — Water, 1 gallon, heated up to 189° ; add Magenta Liquor, one table-spoonful ; stir it well up. This will dye a broad ribbon 4 yards long ; or a pair of small stockings. To dye a larger quantity of material, add more Magenta Liquor and water. The shade of colour may be easily regulated by using more or less. Magenta Pink may be obtained by increased dilution. Mauve, for Silk, Wool, or Worsted*— Water, 1 gallon; add 1 table-spoonful of sulphuric acid ; then heat to boiling point. For a very light Mauve, add 1 teaspoonful of imperial Violet Liquor ; boil the same amount of material, as stated under Magenta, about 10 minutes. Rinse in cold water. If the colour be too deep, use a little soap in rinsing, using warm water. A Violet colour may be produced by using a tablespoonful of Violet Liquor instead of a teaspoonful. Pea-green, for Silk. — To 1 quart of water, put half a teaspoonful of Picric Acid, and rather more than half a wine glassful of sulphuric acid, and a tea-spoonful of paste extract of indigo ; boil about 5 minutes ; then add water to cool it down to blood heat, or ioo°. Put in the silk, and work it about 20 minutes. The shade may be varied by adding more or less of the Picric Add, DYE OYS or extract of indigo ; if more of cither be added, boil separately in a little water, and add to the previous liquor. Pea-Green, for Worsted. — Use the same materials as I he aforesaid ; but boil all the time in 1 gallon of water for about so or 30 minutes. tgg" A darker Green may be obtained by using a larger quantity of material. Plum Colour, for Worsted, Silk, or Cotton. — Water, 1 gallon ; sulphuric arid, a teaspoonful ; glauber salts, or common Dyer's crystals, two table-spoonfuls ; violet liquor, a tablespoonful ; magenta liquor, % a tablespoonful. Boil the article (silk, wool, or worsted), about 10 minutes. (S~ Cotton should be dyed the above colours separately, and by first running them through weak Gall Liquor, and weak double muriate of tin. /Then wash well, and work in the aforesaid liquor, according to colour and shade. The Jquor should be cold for Cotton. Scarlet on Worsted or Wool. — Water, 3 gallons, a ozs. of dry cochineal, 1 oz, of cream of tartar, nitrate of tin, a wine-glassful ; boil the goods 1 hour. To give the goods a yellow hue, add a little young fustic. Wash out as before. Yellow, for Dyeing Silk. — Proceed the same in Dyeing as Pea Green, omitting the extract of indigo, and using oxalic tin instead of sulphuric arid. DYEING. — Blue; first dip the article in a solution of nlum ; and then in a solution of extract of Indigo. Wash out. If not bloomy enough, pass it through a weak solution of Archil.

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