Appendix B 

 Dyes Occasionally Mentioned in Dyers' Manuals Printed in America 



Agaric 





Black 



Almond leaves 





Yellow 



Aloes 





Purple 



Artichokes 





Green 



Bear-berry 



Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 



Brown 



Bindweed 





Yellow-orange 



Blackwood bark 





Grey 



Bloodroot 



Sanguinaria canadensis 



Red 



Buckwheat 





Blue 



Chrysanthemum 





Yellow 



Convolvulus 





Yellow-orange 



Corn-marigold 





Yellow 



Dyers' savory 



Serratula tinctoria 



Yellow 



Dyers' woodroof 



Asperula tinctoria 



Red 



Ebony wood 





Yellow-green 



Fenugrec 



Trigonella foenum-graecum 



Yellow 



Fenugreek 



Trigonella foenum-graecum 



Yellow 



Hairy mistletoe 





Yellow 



Lady's bedstraw 



Galium tinctorium 



Red 



Lomibardy poplar 



Populus dilata {= P. nigra var. italica) 



Yellow 



Magnolia 



Magnolia virginiana 



Yellow 



Malacca bean 



Semecarpus anacardium 



Black 



Mangrove bark 



Sweitenia mahogani 



Brown 



Nephritic wood 



Lignum peregrinum*** 



Yellow 



Privet berries 



Ligustrum vulgare 



Green 



Saffron 



Crocus sativus 



Yellow 



Saw-wort 



Serratula tinctoria 



Yellow 



Savory 



Serratula tinctoria 



Yellow 



Sorrel 



Rumex acetosella 



Black 



Sweet gale 



Myrica gale 



Yellow 



Zant 





Yellow 





Andromeda arborea {A. Ferruginea var. 



Black 





arborescens) 







Cistus ledon 



Yellow 





Coccus polonicus 



Red 





Mespilus canadensis**"^* 



Red 





Virga aura canadensis*** 



Green 



*** Not a botanical name. 



****Gontemporary botanical name, Crataegus canadensis. 



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