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With the above used alum solution and French berry liquor, you 

 may, without any other addition, color a brighter citron yellow. The 

 same solution may likewise be applied, with turmeric or weld, in dying 

 a yellow. 



Jl Nankeen. 



Take 2 lbs. of fine galls, 

 \\ oz. annotto, 

 4 oz. of potash, and 

 2 lb. of soap. 



Put one pound of finely powdered galls in a kettle of eight buckets 

 of water, and boil it about ten minutes, then take out the liquor, and 

 run it through a sieve into a vat. 



While thus employed, let half a pound of soap be dissolved in a 

 bucket of warm water, and pour the solution into the liquor of the 

 galls. 



Then put into a crock of water one ounce of annotto and four 

 ounces of potash; boil for half an hour, add the one half of it to the 

 liquor of the galls in the vat, and stir the whole well; steep the silk 

 in the liquor, and work it well therein for a quarter of an hour. Ex- 

 amine the silk, and should it not have the necessary redness, add as 

 much of the annotto liquor to it as you may deem necessary, to give 

 the color the desired tint. Then put the silk in again, and work it 

 well for a quarter of an hour; take it out, rinse and dry it. 



The nankeen-colored silk must not remain long without being rins- 

 ed, as this would create stains in it, 



Jl handsome Turkish Blue. 



Take H lb. of alum, 



2i oz. of cochineal, 

 2 lb. of composition, 

 I of an ounce of indigo, and 

 3 oz. of oil of vitriol. 



The silk, after being boiled in soap and water, must be rinsed in 

 running water, and then wrung and well beaten. This being done, 

 it must be colored to a handsome light blue, in a cold or warm keep; 

 then rinse it in running water, wring and dry it. 



As soon as the silk has become properly dry, it must be moistened 

 in warm water, wrung and laid by, wet, for further use. 



Dissolve in a kettle with eight buckets of water, one and a quarter 

 pounds of alum, pour the solution into a vat, steep the silk in it, and 

 work it well therein for the space of an hour; take it out, wring, and 

 lay it aside, in its wet state, for further use. 



Lastly: boil a kettle with eight buckets of water, and put into it two 

 and a half ounces of cochineal: let it boil for about ten minutes; cool 

 the liquor with a bucket of water, and add half a pound of the solu- 



