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the liquor, the silk steeped in it again, and well worked 

 in the same, until the required colour be obtained. 



A CITRON YELLOW. 



Take 1 1-4 Ib. of alum 



8 Ibs. of safflour 



1-4 Ib. of alum. 

 Dissolve the alum in a kettle containing ten buckets 

 of water; then pour the solution into a vat, steep the 

 silk in it, work it well therein for half an hour, wring 

 it, lay it by in its wet state, for further use, and throw 

 away the solution of alum as useless. Put again ten 

 buckets of fresh water in the kettle, add eight pound 

 of safflour and 1-4 Ib. alum, let it boil for half an hour, 

 run the solution through a sieve into a vat, steep the silk 

 in the liquor, work it well therein a quarter of an hour, 

 wring and dry it, fix it on the wringing post, wring and 

 beat it well. 



With the rest of the above liquor, a pale yellow may 

 yet be dyed. 



A CITRON YELLOW, which may be heightened to a hand- 

 some gold tint. 



Take 1 1-4 Ib. of alum, 



14 Ibs. of safflour, 

 1-4 Ib. of alum, 



Put ten buckets of water in a kettle, add one and a 

 quarter pounds of alum, dissolve it therein, pour the 

 solution into a vat, and work the silk in the solution for 

 about half an hour, wring it, and lay it by in its wet 

 state, for further use. 



This being done, pour ten buckets of fresh water into 

 the kettle, add seven pounds of safflour, and boil it half 

 tin tiour, 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 liquor is now to be 

 poured back into the kettle, the remaining seven pounds 

 of the safflour 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 pail, 

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

 and dry it and then beat it well. By the above process, 

 a handsome citron yellow may be obtained. 



A CITRON YELLOW, in a different way. 



Take 1 1-4 Ibs. of alum, 



7 Ibs. of French berries. 



Pi4 the alum into a kettle, with eight buckets of wa- 

 ter; \vhen dissolved, pour it into a bucket, 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, 

 T>oil it for three quarters of an hour, pour it through a 

 sieve into a bucket, and immerse it in the liquor, work 

 it well therein for half an hour, wri-ng it, 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 retains some of 

 its yellow properties, 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 ground for a handsome 

 gold tint. 



A CITRON YELLOW, in another manner. 



Take 2 Ibs. of alum, 



6 Ibs. of Quercitron bark, ground. 

 Put the alum in a kettle, with ten buckets of fresh 

 water, dissolve it 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 further use, and 

 throw away your solution of alum as useless. Then 

 pour 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 seive into a pail, im- 



merse it into the liquor, and work it well an hour in 

 the solution ; 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 acquired a beautiful citron yel- 

 low. The remaining yellow liquor may be used for 

 other purposes, and may therefore be preserved. I will' 

 now give the necessary direction for coloring a hand- 

 some pale yellow, with the above remains of tha 

 yellow liquor. 



A PALB TELLOW. 



Take 2 Ibs. of alum. 



Prepare the silk with alum, as directed in the fore- 

 going receipt, and lay it away for further use. Then 

 warm the liquor, which has been used in the coloring 

 of the foregoing operation ; put it into a pail, immerse 

 it in the liquor, and work it well therein, for the space 

 of half an hour. This being done, take it out, wring it, 

 fix it on the wringing- post, wring and beat it well, 

 which will give it a gloss. It is not necessary that silk 

 should be rinsed in yellow coloring. 



Several Directions for Dying with 

 QUERCITRON BARK. 



A CITRON YELLOW. 



Take 3 Ibs. of alum, and 



1 Ib. 3 ounces of Quercitron bark. 



Put the alum in a kettle, with ten buckets of water ; 

 let it dissolve therein, pour the solution into a pail, 

 immerse the silk in the solution, and work it well there- 

 in, a little longer than usual ; take it out, wring and 

 rinse it, and lay it by for further use, in its wet state ; 

 put ten buckets of fresh water into a kettle, warm it, 

 put the quercitron in a bag, and boil it until the 

 strength is extracted. Then immerse the silk in the li- 

 quor, and work it well therein a quarter of an hour, 

 which will produce a handsome lively citron yellow. 



A HIGH COLORED YELLOW. 



This color may be heightened to its utmost extent of 

 yellow, by adding a few half ounces of soda, more or 

 less, according to the deep or bright shades of color 

 desired, to the above yellow liquor ; but this must not 

 be done until the silk has been completely saturated 

 with the yellow liquor of quercitron. 



ORANGE COLOR. 



Orange color is obtained by adding to the liquor at 

 the same time with the soda, a proportional quantity of 

 annatto, and by working it in this liquor until the de- 

 sired color has been obtained. 



PALE YELLOW, OR STRAW COLOR. 



Take less alum and quercitron, and dispense altogeth- 

 er with the soda and annatto. 



To produce the many different shades of this color, 

 proceed with the quercitron in the same manner as di- 

 rected in the dying of the same colors with turmeric 

 and wild (dyer's weed.) But you must bear in mind 

 that one pound of the quercitron, will produce as much 

 as ten pounds of either the turmeric or wild. 



A VERY LIVELY GLOSSY YELLOW. 



If you desire to increase the above yellow to its most 

 lively and glossy hue, take instead of the alum, a solution 

 of tin, dissolved in a mixture of three parts of the spir- 

 its of salt, and one part of aquafortis. This solution 

 must be mixed with twenty times its own quantity of 

 water, and the silk is to be prepared in a solution of 

 alum, in the usual way ; but it is not necessary to rinse 

 it, and it may be colored immediately. The solution of 

 tin may be preserved for other purposes. 



