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of the outside brown leaves or coating of an onion 

 root, in a quart of vinegar and distilled water in 

 equal parts. Pour off the clear liquid into another 

 vessel, and immerse the materials to be dyed in it. 

 If the colour be too pale and yellow, the addition 

 of the smallest possible piece of copperas will pro- 

 duce a browner and darker shade. 



Brown Olive. 



The addition of a small quantity of black tea, 

 and a small piece of copperas, to the preparation 

 for medium olive, will produce the mixture neces- 

 sary to dye this ; the more copperas is added, the 

 browner and darker the colour becomes. 



Green Drake. 



For dyeing green drake wings, the two following 

 recipes are admirable : 



A. (Mr. Marryat's.) Soak the feathers for at least 

 twenty-four hours in solution of alum, then rinse 

 out in cold water ; make a decoction of a handful 

 of outside onion-leaves to a pint of boiling water. 

 Dye the feathers in this until they are a distinctly 

 orange olive tint, wash out thoroughly, and then 

 dye in a solution of a quart of boiling water to a 

 small quantity of Judson's "slate," a few drops of 

 Stevens' Blue Black ink, and two or three grains of 

 Crawshaw's " green." If the colour produced is in 

 any way bright it is wrong, and the feathers must 

 be taken out just as the latter dye is driving off 



