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VARIOUS YELLOW-DYE TLANTS. 



The wood of the jack, the root of the pyschotria, the 

 bark of the gamboge trees, the flowers of the buteas, the 

 rind of the Bengal quince, and the leaves of the memecy- 

 !on and the touk-yat, all produce bright yellow dyes. 



SAFFLOWER. 



The .saffiower is widely grown on the banks of the Ir- 

 rawaddy, and may be occasionally seen en the banks of 

 the Salwen. Its flowers furnish the best yellow dye in 

 the country, and mixed with other ingredients they are 

 used to dye red, and to give a variety of tints. 

 Cartkamus tinctorius. ■ 



TURMERIC. 



Besides using turmeric for both food and medicine, the 

 Burmese and Karens dye with it a bright yellow, but it 

 is not very permanent. 



Curcuma longa. 



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VARIOUS ORANGE-DYE PLANTS. 



The flowers of the buteas with an alkali, the corolla 

 tubes of the tree of mourning, and the leaves of the henna 

 tree, yield beautiful orange dyes. The latter are used in 

 India to dye skins a " reddish-yellow." 



MERGUI RED-WOOD. 



Mergui red-wood is a valuable dye wood for both black 

 and red, but more especially for orange* From an article 

 in the Journal of the Asiatic Society, it appears that 

 " a number of experiments, made at the request of Mr. G. 

 Swinton, by Mr. Thomas Speir, upon (lie Mergui dye 

 wood, prove that it affords, with the mordants commonly 

 used by dyers, c equally bright, and of a more per- 



manent nature th . ose of most other dye woods. The 

 colour? imparted to silk with different mordants were as 

 follows ; 



