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1-4 oz. of cream of tartar, 

 2 oz. of turmeric, and 

 10 oz. of cochineal. 



Boil a kettle with ten buckets of water, powder six 

 ounces of annatto, and put it together with a pound of 

 potash into the kettle, boil for a quarter of an hour, pour 

 the liquor through a sieve into a tub, immerse the silk, 

 and work it well in the liquor for the space of two hours ; 

 then take it out, rinse, wring and dry it. After this, pour 

 eight buckets of fresh water into a kettle, add three 

 pounds of alum, and dissolve it therein ; then put the 

 solution in a vat, steep the dried yellow silk, and work 

 it well therein for the space of three hours, then take 

 it out, wring it, and lay it by wet, for further use. 



This being done, prepare a kettle with eight buckets 

 of water, and bring it to boil ; put into it ten ounces of 

 cochineal, and let it boil for ten minutes ; then cool 

 the liquor with a bucket of water, and put into it a 

 quarter of a pound of cream of tartar, and two ounces 

 of turmeric, and stir the whole well ; then steep the 

 silk, previously alumed in the liquor, work it well there- 

 in for the space of two hours, during which it must be 

 kept at a continual boil. This being done, lake it out, 

 rinse in running water, wring, and lay it by, in its wet 

 state, for further use. 



This being done, dye it in a keep, [dye tub,] light or 

 dark as your taste may be, or according to the pattern 

 which is laid before you. 



If you do not wish to make use of the keep, or, as is 

 often the case in small dying establishments, should 

 you not possess one, you may apply the indigo color- 

 ing. 



You may likev;ise color it in the liquor of logwood, 

 which will render it equally handsome, but not of so 

 lasting a color. 



A MEAL CRIMSON, in another way. 



Take 2 1-2 Ibs. of Roman alum, 



2 Ibs. of fine galls, 



1 Ib. 4 oz. of cochineal, 



1-4 Ib. of argol, and 



8 oz. of spirits ammonia. 



Take a kettle with eight buckets of water, put into 

 it two pounds of fine galls, and let it boil for a quarter 

 of an hour ; run the liquor through a seive into a pail ; 

 steep the silk in the liquor, and work it well therein 

 for the space of four hours, then take it out, rinse, 

 wring and dry it. 



After this, take a kettle with eight buckets of water, 

 and dissolve in it two pounds of Roman alum ; pour ii 

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

 work it well for the space of four hours in the same 

 then take it out, wring it, and lay it by, in a wet state 

 for further use. 



After this, to complete the color, take six buckets o 

 water, pour it into a kettle, add one pound and four 

 ounces of fine cochineal, a quarter of a pound of argol 

 and eight ounces of spirits of ammonia ; let all boi 

 well together for about ten minutes, then cool the II 

 quor with two buckets of water, work the silk well in 

 it for two hours ; during which time it must be kep 

 boiling continually ; then take it out, suspend it on thi 

 rods over a vat, pour the liquor from the kettle inli 

 it, and continue to work the silk in the liquor until i 

 has become cool, then take it out, rinse it and dry it in 

 the shade. By following the above directions, you wil 

 obtain a very handsome crimson. 



To turn this expensive cochineal liquor to all possible 

 advantage, (for it will still have retained some goo " 

 coloring matter,) pour the above used alum liquor int 

 it, and heat it again ; which will enable you to colo 

 many lighter shades, from the rich peach blossom 

 down to the lightest lilac color. Having used it fo 

 this purpose, you may take more or less of silk of a yel 



ow ground, and color it m it, which will receive a red- 

 lish yellow from it. 



A HANDSOME RED. 



Take 8- oz. of annatto,. 



1 1-2 Ibs. of potash, 



2 1-2 Ibs. of alum, 



6 Ibs. of Brazil wood, 

 5 buckets of sharp vinegar, and 

 G oz. of composition, composed of the fol- 

 lowing materials : 1 Ib. of spirits of ni- 

 tre, 2 oz. of sal ammonia, 6 oz. of 

 grain tin. The tin and ammonia, are 

 to be put into a sand stone pot of suffi- 

 cient capacity ; upon these pour about 

 12 oz. of water, then add the spirits of 

 nitre and let the solution take place. 

 Take for this purpose a kettle with eight buckets of 

 water, and let it boil. 



While this is doing, powder eight ounces of annatto 

 as fine as possible ; then put it together with one pound 

 md a half of potash, into the above heated water ; let 

 he whole boil well for a quarter of an hour} and pour 

 he liquor through a seive into a pail. SJefip the silk in 

 his potash and annatto liquor, and work it well for two 

 lours in the same ; after which take it out, rinse it, 

 wring and dry it. 



Then dissolve one pound and a half of alum in a ket- 

 tle with eight buckets of water ; pour this solution into 

 a pail, fix your silk upon rods, and work it well there- 

 n for two hours; then take it out, wring, and dry it. 



When the silk is completely dry, steep the eilk in 

 warm water, until it has become properly soaked - t then 

 take it out, wring it, and lay it by for further use. 



This being done, pour into a vat five buckets of sharp 

 vinegar, and six pounds of Brazil wood, and let it stand 

 for the space of forty-eight hours 5 then take the liquor 

 out of the vat and pour it into a kettle ; let it boil for 

 the space of ten minutes ;. then take it out, pour it 

 through a seive into a vat, i; and through the parts re- 

 maining in the seive, in the kettle again ; pour three 

 buckets of water upon it, let it boil well for a quarter of 

 an hour, and pour the liquor thereof to the other Brazil 

 wood liquor in the vat. 



This being done, pour six ounces of the composition 

 into this liquor of Brazil wood, and stir it well ; steep 

 the silk previously soaked in warm water, in the liquor, 

 and work it well therein for the space of two hours. 

 Examine at the expiration of this time, whether the li- 

 quor still contains any coloring matter; if so, take it 

 out, pour it into the kettle again, work the silk another 

 time therein, during which it must be kept moderately 

 warm ; then take it out, rinse it in running water, wring 

 it, and hang it up to dry. By observing the whole of 

 the above process, you will obtain a very handsome 

 red. By using eight buckets of vinegar instead of five, 

 the color will be considerably improved, and by dispen- 

 sing with the composition altogether, the color will be- 

 come darker. 



Lastly. If you desire to have this color of a darker 

 fiery hue, add two pounds of Brazil wood, and one 

 pound composition to the above quantity, and proceed 

 in the same way as above directed. 



To Color Silk with Quercitron, in another 



manner. 



A CITRON YELLOW: 

 Take 2 1-2 Ibs. of alum, 



4 Ibs. of sugar of lead, 



2 oz. of chalk, and 



3 Ibs. of Quercitron. 



Take a kettle with eight buckets of water, put into it 

 two and a half pounds of alum, and dissolve them there- 

 in, then take out the alum liquor, and pour it into a pail, 



