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produced) adding fliort obfervations on the co- 

 lours they yield, and the methods of extracting 

 them. In this Materia Tin^loria occur many of 

 the indigenous plants of England^ not commonly 

 known to be polTefled of any colouring quality ; 

 and though their ufe, at prefenc, may be fuper- 

 feded by the facility of procuring better from 

 abroad, yet thefe neverthelefs remain fit objedts 

 of inquiry with the encouragers of arts. The ca- 

 talogue confifts of ICO articles, exclufive of a 

 * few from the animal kingdom. We fubjoin the 

 names of thofe Englijh plants, under the feveral 

 colours which they are faid to yield. 



Rhamnus catharticus^ 

 — — — Frangula, 



Berberis vulgaris, 

 Prunus domeftica. 

 Pyrus Malus. 

 Carpinus Betulus, 

 Thali5frum flavum, ' 

 Urtica dioica, 

 Serratula tin5ioria, 

 Hieracium umhellatum* 

 Bidens tripartita, 



Myrica Gale, 



Salix pentandra. 

 Betula alba, 

 Stachys fylvatica. 

 Polygonum Perftcaria. 



Herb, 



Yellows. 



Bark of Buck-thorn, 



Berry-bearing -j 

 Alder, J 

 Berbery, 

 Plum-tree, 

 Apple-tree, 

 Horn-beam, 



Rootof Meadow Rue, 

 Common Nettle, 



Herb, Saw-wort, 



BufhyHawk-weed, 

 Hemp-agrimony, 

 Gale, or Dutch! 



Myrtle, \ 

 Sweet Willow, 

 Birch-tree, 

 Hedge-nettle, 

 Spotted- arfmart, 



