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600

MISCELLANEOUS

VALUABLE

RECEIPTS.

95

add

a

little

more

vitriol,

handle

half

an

hour

longer,

take

out,

wash

in

cold

water,

and

finish.

No.

189.

Green

on

Wool.

For

6

pounds

yarn,

worsted,

or

cloth,

take

3

pounds

fustic,

|

pound

alum

;

boil

them

in

a

kettle

10

minutes,

partly

cool

down

;

then

put

in

a

small

teacupful

sulphate

of

indigo,

rake

it

well

up,

enter

your

goods

well

handled,

let

boil

20

minutes,

(if

a

larger

quantity,

boil

longer

in

proportion

;)

take

out,

and,

if

not

blue

enough,

add

a

httle

more

sulphate

of

indigo

;

handle

until

deep

enough.

Rinse

in

cold

water,

and

finish.

This

shade

may

be

altered

in

a

variety

of

ways,

by

adding

a

little

camwood,

or

logwood,

in

the

first

boiling.

No.

190.

Lilac

on

Wool.

Boil

up

any

quantity

of

archil,

according

to

the

quantity

of

goods

you

want

to

dye

;

cool

the

liquor

a

little,

enter

the

goods,

handle

carefully,

until

the

shade

is

deep

enough,

without

boiling

the

liquor,

take

out,

wash,

and

finish.

One

pound

of

archil

will

dye

4

J

pounds

of

goods.

Silk

may

be

dyed

in.

the

same

way.

The

shades

may

be

altered

by

soda,

pearlash,

wine,

or

common

salt,

adding

a

little,

and

re-entering

the

goods

before

washing,

and

handling

a

little

while

longer.