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90

600

MISCELLANEOUS

VALUABLE

RECEIPTS.

No.

177.

Dove

on

Silk.

Take

Brazil

logwood

and

sumach

;

vary

the

quantities

as

you

want

your

shade;

boil

them

in

water,

then

enter

your

goods,

handle

well,

and

sad-

den

with

green

copperas.

No.

178.

Yelloio

on

Silk.

Boil

quercitron-bark

in

a

copper

pan

for

20

minutes,

any

quantity

yoa

please.

Dip

a

suificient

quantity

to

cover

your

silk

in

another

copper

pan,

or

tinned

vessel,

to

which

add

a small

quantity

of

muriate

of

tin;

pass

your

silks

first

through

warm

water,

and

wring

them

out

;

then

put

them

into

this

pan

of

dye-water,

and

handle

them

with

a

clean

stick

till

cold

;

when

cold,

take

out,

throw

out

your

liquor,

take

from

the

first

pan

as

much

liquor

as

before

handle

in

this

10

minutes,

then

add

muriate

of

tin

according

to

shade

wanted.

Rinse

out

in

its

own

liquor,

and

dry

in

a

warm

room.

Annotto

affords

an

orange

yellow

with

equal

quantities

of

pearlash,

and

gives

out

its

colour

to

silk

in

warm

water.

Turmeric

gives

out

its

colour

in

a

similar

manner.

The

roots

of

barberry

afford

a

yellow

of

themselves

when

boiled

in

water.

No.

179.

Crimson

on

Silk.

Take

cudbear,

boil

it

in

water;

then

just

rinse

or

handle

your

silks

in

it

for

a

few

minutes,

you

have