Red. 

 From the roots of the red ladies bed straw, Gallium verum. 

 From the Portugal cross, Cniciata, Lusilanica, la/ifolia, glabra, fiore, albo. 

 The two preceding equal to madder. 

 Chesnut red, from madder and sumach. 



Purple red with madder, after mordanting with bismuth and galling. 

 Scarlet red from fine madder: rose red from the same, with mordant containing one- 

 eighth of tin. 

 More fiery from Cyprus, Smyrna, or Lizari madder. 

 From the flowers of Glaucium. 

 Several other varieties of red from madder with different mordants. 



Ventre de crapaud {toad^s belly). Ground for Carmelite. 

 From the branches of the varnish tree, Rhus vernix. 

 From the goat's rue-leaved vetch, Astragalus galegi formis . Milk vetch? 

 From bastard or wild indigo, Amorpha fruticosa. 

 From shepherd's purse, Thlaspi, Bursa pastoris. 

 From flea bean, Conyza squanosa. 

 From the shoots and leaves of holly. Ilex aquifolium. 

 From the wood of furze, (jonc marin) Ulex Europaea. 

 From white horehound, Manubium vulgare. 

 From the basil called Thymus acinos. 

 From savorv, Satureia hortensis. 



Ventre de Biche {literally Doe's belly) Tan Colour. 

 From the wood of Althaea. 

 From the bark of young oak. 

 From Alpine ebony, Cytisus laburnum. 

 From the bark of common broom, Spartium scoparium. 

 From the shoots of the three-thorned acacia, Gleditsia triacanthos. 

 From common lettuce, Lactuca sativa. 

 From the shoots of sophora. 



Green. 



From the ripe, and from the fermented berries of black alder. 

 From the bark of the common ash, Fraxinus excelsior. 

 From Italian poplar on a blue ground, mordanted with bismuth. 

 From the flowers of the violet. 



Vigogna, (colour of Vigogna wool.) 

 From the shoots of the Siberian acacia. 

 From the dry shoots of the elder. 

 From the leaves of artichoke. 

 From rest harrow. Ononis arvensis. 

 From wild angelica, Angelica sylvestris. 

 From tuberose crowfoot, Ranuruulus bulbosus. 

 From common bladder sena, Colutea arborescens. 

 From flowers of balsamine. 

 From the water parsnip, Slum latifolium. 

 From Gallium verum, lady's bedstraw. 

 From the round leaved bell flower, Campanula rotundifolia. 

 From the sea holly with pinnated cut leaves, Eryngium campestre. 



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