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and let It become cold, add to It a quarter of a pound of 

 sugar of lead, and stir it well until united with the so- 

 lution of alum, then put into it two ounces of chalk, 

 stir it well, and continue the stirring at proper intervals, 

 for the space of twelve hours, and sit it by to settle. 

 Pour off the liquor into a pail, but be careful not to dis- 

 turb the sediment at the bottom ; steep the silk in the 

 liquor, and work it well therein for the space of six 

 hours ; then take it out, wring and lay it by wet, for fur- 

 ther use. 



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

 put into it three pounds of Quercitron bark, and let ii 

 boil for the space of three quarters of an hour; pour ii 

 through a sieve into a vat, steep the silk which has been 

 saturated in the foregoing liquor, composed of alum 

 sugar of lead, and chalk, in the Quercitron liquor, anc 

 work it well for the space of an hour ; then take it out 

 rinse it, wring and dry it. 



If you desire a higher colored citron yellow than the 

 above, add another pound of Quercitron to the above 

 quantity, and proceed in the following manner : 



Saturate the silk, as above directed, in a liquor 01 

 alum, sugar of lead, and chalk, then take a kettle with 

 eight buckets of water, boil two pounds of Quercitron 

 therein, for the space of three quarters of an hour, and 

 pour the liquor through a sieve into a vat, steep the silk 

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

 after which, take it out, wring and dry it. This will 

 have given the silk the best of grounds for a good yel- 

 low color. After this, take another kettle with eight 

 buckets of water, put into it two more pounds of Quer- 

 citron bark, and boil it for the space of three quarters 

 of an hour ; then pour it through a sieve into a vat, and 

 work the previously coloured and dried silk in the same, 

 for the space of two hours ; then take it out, rinse it, 

 wring and dry it. 



A HIGH COLORED AND DEEP CITRON YELLOW. 



Take 1 1-2 Ibs. alum, 



3 oz. of sugar of lead, 



1 oz. of chalk, and 



8 Ibs. of French berries, 



bissolve in a kettle which contains eight buckets of 

 water, one and a half pounds of alum, pour the solution 

 into a pail, or which is better, into a cask, and let it 

 cool. This being done, put into it three ounces sugar 

 of lead, stir it well with a rake, add one and a half 

 ounces of freely powdered chalk, and stir the whole 

 well again and continue the stirring, every hour, for 

 twelve hours. But^ after the last stirring, the rake must 

 be taken out of it, to prevent the sediment from being 

 disturbed, and then let it stand twelve hours. At the 

 expiration of this time, draw off the liquor ; but be care- 

 ful not to disturb the sediment, which would otherwise 

 create stains that are difficult to remove ; pour the li- 

 quor, thus drawn off, into a vat, work the silk well in it 

 for the space of four hours, after which, take it out, 

 wring and dry it. This being done, moisten it with 

 warm water, rinse it in running water, wring it and lay 

 it by wet, for further use ; then take a kettle with eight 

 buckets of water, and at the same time, bruise eight 

 pounds of French berries in a mortar ; put them into 

 the kettle, and let them boil for half an hour : then take 

 out the liquor, and run it through a sieve into a vat. 

 This being done, steep the silk in the liquor, and work it 

 well therein for half an hour; take it out, wring and 

 dry it ; which produces a handsome citron yellow. 



With the above used alum solution and French berry- 

 liquor, you may without any other addition, colour a 

 brighter citron yellow. The same solution may likewise 

 be applied with turmeric or weld, in dying. 



A KAHKEEJ. 



Take 2 Ibs. of fine galls, 



1 1-2 oz. of annatto, 

 4 oz. of potash, and 

 1-2 Ib. 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 pail. While thus employed, let half a pound of soap be 

 dissolved in a bucket of warm water, and pour the so- 

 lution into the liquor of the galls. Then put into a 

 crock with water, one ounce of annatto, and four ounces 

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

 it to the liquor of the galls in the pail, and stir the whole 

 well. This being done, steep the silk in the liquor, and 

 work it well therein for a quarter of an hour. Exam- 

 ine the silk, and should it not have the necessary redness, 

 add as much of the annatto liquor to it as you may deem 

 necessary to give the colour 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 coloured silk must not remain long with- 

 out being rinsed, as this would create stains in it. 



A HANDSOME TURKISH BLUE. 



Take 1 1-4 Ib. alum, 



2 1-2 oz. of cochineal, 

 3-4 of an ounce of indigo, 



3 oz. of oil of vitriol, and 

 1-2 Ib. of composition. 



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 hand- 

 some 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. 



After this is done, prepare a kettle with eight buckets 

 of water, dissolve in it one and a quarter pounds of 

 alum, pour the solution into a vat, steep the silk in it anl 

 work it well therein for the space of an hour, then take 

 it out, wring it, and lay it aside, in its wet state, for fur- 

 ther use. 



Lastly : take a kettle with eight buckets of water, boil 

 it 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 solution 

 of tin, and three quarters of an ounce of indigo, which 

 has been previously dissolved in three ounces of oil of 

 vitriol, and stir the whole well. This being done, im- 

 merse the silk coloured blue in the cochineal liquor, 

 work it well therein, until the liquor begins to boil, 

 let it boil another hour, during which time the silk must, 

 however, be continually worked, it must then be taken 

 out, rinsed, wrung, and dried. 



If you desire this Turkish blue to incline more to a 

 red, take more of the cochineal : if the contrary, take 

 less. 



A HANDSOME GREEN. 



Take 2 Ibs. of alum, and 



4 Ibs. of Quercitron bark. 



Take for this purpose, a kettle with eight buckets of 

 water, and dissolve in it two pounds of alum ; then pour 

 it into a tub, and set it by until it is wanted. 



While you are engaged in preparing the above solu- 

 tion, the silk must be colored in a cold keep to a hand- 

 some light blue, and after being rinsed in a stream, 

 wring and steep it in the "Above-mentioned alum liquor; 

 work it well therein*for two hours, then take it out, 

 wring it and lay it by wet for further use. 



Lastly, put four pounds of Quercitron bark into a ket- 



