A TURKISH BLUE. 



Take 2 1-2 ounces of cochineal, 

 10 do of aquafortis, 



1 1-2 do of English tin and 



1-4 do of alum. 



The silk must first be colored in a keep, to a medium 

 blue. This being done, take a kettle containing ten 

 buckets of water, put into it two and a half ounces of 

 cochineal, and boil it well for the space of ten 

 miuutes. 



During the above process, dissolve the tin in the aqua- 

 fortis, according to art,. This being done, pour the 

 solution, together with 'a quarter of a pound of alum, 

 into the above mentioned kettle, with ten buckets of 

 water. Stir the liquor well, and immerse the silk in 

 the liquor, work it well therein, for about three quar- 

 ters of an hour ; during which time, it must be kept at a 

 steady, slow, continued boil ; then take it out, rinse it, 

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

 which will restore it to its natural gloss again. 



A REAL PINK. 



Take 15 Ibs. of safflower, 



15 quarts of strong vinegar, 

 3-8 of an ounce of oil of vitriol, 

 1 Ib. 14 oz. potash, and 

 4 ounces of cream of tartar. 



Put the 15 Ibs. of safflower in a bag, tie it tight, im- 

 merse it forty-eight hours in running water ; take it 

 out, during this time, every six hours ; tread it well 

 with your feet, to free it of all yellow matter ; con- 

 tinue this until all the yellow matter has been worked 

 out of it. Examine it at the expiration of the above 

 time, to see whether it has lost all its coloring matter ; 

 if it has not, immerse it a few hours more into the wa- 

 ter, which will clear it from all yellow matter. This 

 being done, take it out, put it into a pail, and pour six 

 buckets of river water upon it. 



This being done, put one pound fourteen ounces of 

 potash in a crock, dissolve it in water, and pour the 

 clear part of this potash liquor on the safflower in the 

 tub ; mix it well, and set it by, in a cool place, for six 

 hours. At the expiration of this time, take out the 

 .afflower with its liquor, run it through a sieve into a 

 pail, pour half a bucket of water upon it, and press it 

 out, in order to extract all the coloring matter there- 

 from ; pour fifteen quarts of vinegar, and three-eighths 

 of an ounce of oil of vitriol into the liquor. 



This being done, take the ten pounds of silk, fix it 

 upon the rods, put it into the safflower liquor, and work 

 it well therein, for the space of four hours ; then take 

 it out, rinse it in running water, wring it well, and lay 

 it aside for further use, in its wet state. 



Lastly. Dissolve four ounces of cream of tartar in 

 river water, and pour the clear part of this solution into 

 a tub, with eight buckets of river water ; immerse the 

 silk, which has before been colored to a light red, in 

 this solution, and work it well therein for a quarter of 

 an hour ; take it out, wring it and dry it, and you will 

 have a handsome pink. 



A HIGH COLORED CRIMSON. 



Take 1 1-4 Ibs. of cochineal, 



1 Ib. of galls, 



4 ounces of cream of tartar, and 



2 1-2 Ibs. of Roman alum. 



Dissolve two and a half pounds of Roman alum in a 

 kettle, with ten buckets of water ; pour the clean part 

 of this solution into a vat, immerse the silk in it, and 

 work it well therein for the space of four hours ; and 

 rinse it in running water, wring it, and lay it by for 

 further use, in its wet state ; then put in a kettle con- 

 taining eight buckets of boiling 1 water, the following ar- 

 ticles : 



One and a quarter pounds of finely powdered cochi- 

 neal, one pound of finely powdered gall-nuts, and four 



ounces of cream of tartar. Let the whole boil slowly, 

 for the space of fifteen minutes ; cool it with two 

 buckets of water, work it well in the liquor, which 

 must be kept in continual boil for the space of one 

 hour and a half ; then take it out, rinse it, wring it, and 

 let it dry, when the dying will be completed. 



For a cheaper color than the foregoing, reduce the 

 quantity of cochineal, from one and a quarter pounds, 

 to ten ounces, and substitute' for the remainder, three 

 pounds persio ;* and proceed with these materials in the 

 same manner as above directed. This color will differ 

 from that of the first described process, in no other re- 

 spect than that it receives somewhat more of a bluish 

 cast. 



A HANDSOME CRIMSON. 



Take 3 Ibs. of Roman alum, 

 1-2 ounce of argol,f 

 1-2 of East India galls, 

 25 ounces of cochineal. 



Heat eight buckets of rain water in a kettle lake- 

 warm ; put into it three pounds of Roman alum, dis- 

 solve it therein, take out the solution and work it well 

 therein for the space of eight hours. 



Take it out at the expiration of this time, wring it 

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

 To complete this color, heat eight buckets of well or 

 spring water until it begins to boil ; put into it the follow- 

 ing articles : half an ounce of argol, and half a pound of 

 finely powdered East India galls ; let the whole of 

 these articles boil well for about ten minutes, and run 

 the liquor through a sieve, into a pail ; then pour the li- 

 quor back into the kettle, and put into it twenty-fire 

 ounces of pulverized cochineal ; let it boil ten minutes 

 more, cool the liquor with half a bucket of water ; im- 

 merse the silk in this liquor, and work it well therein 

 for the space of two hours ; during which time, the li- 

 quor must be kept at a continual boil. This being 

 done, take it out, rinse it well, wring it strongly, and 

 dry it. 



Then take a kettle, with ten buckets of spring or 

 well water, and heat it so that you may bear your 

 hand in it ; work the silk well in this water for half an 

 hour, then take it out, wring it, and dry it. By this 

 process, we obtain a very handsome crimson. 



A DEEP RED. 



Take 1 Ib. of fine galls, 



2 1-2 Ibs. of alum, 



1-2 Ib. of composition; and 

 5 Ibs. of madder. 



Put into a kettle eight buckets of water, and one 

 pound of fine galls ; let it boil about fifteen minutes, 

 or until the strength is extracted ; take it out, run it 

 through a sieve into a vat, steep the silk in this decoc- 

 tion, and work it well therein for about two hours : af- 

 ter which take it out, rinse, and dry it. Then put into 

 a kettle eight buckets of water, with two and a half 

 pounds of alum, and a half pound of the composition ; 

 let these be properly united with the water ; pour 

 the liquor into a vat, steep the silk in the solution, 

 and work it well therein for the space of four hours ; 

 take it out, rinse it, and lay it by in its wet state for 

 further use. 



Lastly. To complete these colors, put in a kettle 

 ten buckets of water ; add five pounds of madder, and 

 work the silk well in this liquor, until it begins to boil ; 

 then take it out, rinse and dry it. 



A REAL BROWN. 



Take G ounces of annatto, 

 1 Ib. of potash, 



3 Ibs. of alum, 



5 oz. of fine galls, 



* The cudbear of the English dyer, 

 t Tartar from red wine. 



