Dr. M'Millan's formulas and domestic guide

half an hour in sufficient water to cover the goods, and then put them in and boil i hour. Take out the goods, and add blue vitriol one-half ounce and copperas i ounce, and boil the goods i hour and rinse well. DARK BROWN. For each pound of goods, camwood 4 ounces,, fustic one-half pound. Boil half an hour and then put in the goods and boil i hour. Then add blue vitriol half ounce, copperas 2 ounces, and boil I hour and rinse. MADDER BROWN. For each pound of goods, 2 ounces each of madder and camwood, fustic 4 ounces, and boil half an hour. Then boil the goods half an hour, take them out and air, and then boil I hour. Now add blue vitriol and copperas of each I ounce, and boil I hour more. If not dark enough add more copperas and boil again. LONDON BROWN. For each 20 ounces of goods camwood 7 ounces. Boil the goods and camwood together for 2 hours, and then add blue vitriol 2 ounces and boil half an hour. If not dark enough add more vitriol and a little copperas and boil again. Where a very dark brown is desired add 4 ounces of soap. WINE COLOR. For each pound of goods, camwood 7 ounces, and boil half an hour. Then put in the goods and boil I hour, and then add blue vitriol 3 ounces, and boil half an hour. If not dark enough add more vitriol and boil again. MAROON OR BROWNISH CRIMSON. For each pound of goods, blue vitriol i ounce, and boil the goods in it half an hour. Then add cudbear i ounce, and boil half an hour. If not dark enough add more cudbear. Of course in all cases have water enough to cover the goods. BLACK. For each pound of goods, logwood chips onehalf pound, madder i ounce, fustic one-half ounce. Boil for I hour, and then boil the goods in it i hour. Then take out and then add copperas i ounce. Then boil half an hour, and then take out the goods and add copperas again y^ ounce and saleratus i ounce ; then boil the goods another half hour, then take out and rinse well in a good strong soap-suds. BLACK ON WOOLEN. White oak, butternut, and black-walnut bark, of each I peck. Boil them i hour, then put in the goods and boil I hour, then take out the goods and bark and add 2 ounces of copperas and boil again I hour. NO. 2. Witch hazle, soft maple and black oak barks, of each one and one-half pecks ; now boil the bark i hour, then put in the goods and boil i hour, then take out the goods and remove the bark ; add copperas I ounce, blue vitriol one-half ounce, and boil goods again one-half an hour. To recolor old shawls and other old goods. — When it is desired to color black, the old colors need not be extracted, but simply dip them into the coloring after first having been washed clean ; boil of course as other goods. But the old colors must be first extracted if a brown color is desired. That may be done in the following manner : For each pail full of water, boiling hot, add 2 ounces oil of vitriol and put in the goods lo minutes. If the color does not yet start, add another ounce oil of vitriol and put the goods in again for ID minutes, continuing the process until the color is all out ; then the goods may be treated like any other goods. TO COLOR COTTON GOODS.