Berberis vulgaris, barberry bush— the root gives wool a beautiful yellow. 



Prunus chicasa, corrunon plumb tree. 



Pyrus malus, apple tree— the barks of both these are used in dying yellow. 



Betula, birch tree— the leaves give a faint yellow. 



Seratula tinctoria, saw wort, and contaurea jacea, common knapweed, give to wool a 

 good yellow. 



Polygonum persicaria — spotted arsemart. 



Lysiniachia vulgaris, yellow willow herb, or loose strife. 



Scabiosa succisa, or devil's bit — the leaves impart a yellow color. 



Hypericum perforatum, St. John's wort, the flowers. 



Calnendula officiniilis, garden marygold, the petals or flower leaves dried. 



Cuscuta americana, american dodder, or love vine, produces a bright though not permanent 

 yellow; it is however in great esteem. 



Hopea tinctoria, horse laurel, horse honey, sweet or yellow leaf, this shrub abounds in the 

 country, and on James island — is greedily eaten by cows and horses. The leaves are used 

 for dying yellow. 



Helianthus Tuberosa, tuberose sun-flower, Jerusalem or ground artichoke — the petals of this 

 plant are used for imparting a yellow color to wool. 



Zanthoriza apiifolia, parsley leaved root, yellow root. 



Hydrastis canadensis, yellow root, both impart a beautiful yellow. 



RED. 



But few articles of this kind are known in South-Carolina. Carthamus tinctoria, 

 bastard saffron, is used for cotton; it is said to impart a fine red color to silks— the blossoms 

 only are used. 



Rumex allosa, common sorrel— the roots impart a faint red, but is not lasting. 



Gallium soreale, crosswort madder, and indeed the roots of several species of gallium 

 impart a red color to wool. 



Sanginaria canadensis, puccoon, or bastard turmeric the roots impart a yellowish red color 

 to wool. 



Cactus opuntia, prickly pear, imparts a beautiful red color. 



CRIMSON. 



Phytolacea discaudea, american night shade, or poke— the juice of poke berries boiled in 

 rain water and set with alum, imparts to wool a beautiful crimson, and when fixed 

 with limewater, produces a yellow color. 



GREEN. 



Arundo phragmatis, common reed or cane, the leaves of which impart to wool a fine 

 green color. 



This color is principally obtained by first dying the stuffs yellow, and then dipping 

 them in indigo dye. 



BROWN, GOLD, AND OLIVE SHADES. 



Acer campestris, common maple, the bark imparts to cotton or wool, a brownish purple, 

 as does also the tops of the origanum vulgare, or wild majoram. 



Quercus rubra, red oak, the inner bark of the tree produces an orange or reddish brown 

 color with alum— set with copperas, a good black. 



Juglans nigra, black walnut, the bark of the tree and fruit imparts to wool or cotton an 

 excellent dark olive color. 



Humulus lupuli, common hops, the plant dyes a good brown. 



Agrimonia eupatorium, common agrimony, affords a tolerable gold color. 



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