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Pour ten buckets of fresh water into the kettle, ndd seven pounds 

 of safflower, and boil it half an hour, pour the liquor through a sieve 

 into a vat, and work it well therein for the space of fifteen minutes; 

 then wring and dry it. The yellow liquoi- is now to be poured back 

 into the kettle, the remaining seven pounds of the safflower to be put 

 into it, together with a quarter of a pound of alum, and the whole to 

 be boiled half an hour; then pour the liquor through a sieve into a vat, 

 work the silk well in the liquor for half an hour, wring and dry it, 

 and then beat it vi'ell. By the above process, a handsome citron yel- 

 low will be obtained. 



A Citron Yellow, in a different tvay. 



Take \k lbs. of alum, 



7 lbs. French berries. 



Put the alum into a kettle, with eight buckets of water; when dis- 

 solved, pour it into a vat, immerse the silk in the solution, work it 

 well therein for half an hour, take it out, and lay it aside for further 

 use in its wet state, and throw away the solution. Then boil ten 

 buckets of fresh water, put into it the French berries, boil for three 

 quarters of an hour,^ pour it through a sieve into a vat, and immerse 

 the silk in the liquor, work it well therein for half a hour, wring and 

 fix it on the wringing post in the usual manner. 



To make this color deeper or brighter, take more or less than the 

 above quantity' of the French berries. 



If the liquor, after this process, still retain some of its ycllovv pro- 

 perties, it may be used to color ten pounds of silk, previously prepared 

 in a solution of alum, to a pale yellow, or to lay at least the grounti 

 for a handsome gold tint. 



A Citron Ydloiv, in another manner. 



Take 2 lbs. of alum, 



6 lbs quercitron bark, ground. 



Put the alum in a kettle, with tc^ buckets of fresh water, dissolve ir: 

 therein, and pour the solution into a vat, immerse the silk in it, and 

 work it well therein for two hours; wring it, lay it aside wet for fur- 

 ther use, and throw away your solution of alum as useless. Then pouv 

 into a kettle ten buckets of fresh water, and put the ground quercitron 

 into it; boil this one hour, take it out, run the decoction through a. 

 sieve into a pail, immerse the silk in the liquor, and work it well onr; 

 hour in the same; after which, it is to be taken out, wrung and dried; 

 fix it on the wringing post, wring it again, &c. when it will have ac- 

 quired a beautiful citron yellow. 



The remaining yellow liquor may be used for other purposes, and 

 may therefore be preserved. I will now give the necessary directions 



* A small quantity of alum maybe added to the French berries, and boiled with 

 them whereby the color of the liquot is much improved . 



