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Process for Dyeing Nankeen Colour . 
Acetosa prate nsis. Sorrel. Root. Seed. 
Lapathum maximum aquaticum . Large water-dock. 
Root, leaves, seed. 
Lapathum folio acuto piano. C. B. pin. 115. Sharp- 
pointed dock. Root, leaves, seed. 
Iris palustris lutea . Acorus adulterinus, C. B. pin. 31. 
Water- flag. Root. 
Nymphsea lutea major . C. B. pin. 193. Yellow water- 
lily. Root. 
— — — — alba major . C. B. pin. 198. White water- 
lily. Root. 
NO. 84. 
Process for Dyeing Nankeen Colour . By Mr . Richard 
Brewer.* 
MIX as much sheeps dung in clear water as will make 
it appear of the colour of grass, and dissolve in clear wa- 
ter one pound of best white soap for every ten pounds of 
cotton-yarn, or in that proportion for a greater or lesser 
quantity. 
Observe:— The tubs, boards, and poles, that are used 
in the following operations must be made of deal 5 the 
boiling-pan of either iron or copper. 
First Operation . 
Pour the soap liquor prepared as above into the boiling- 
pan ; strain the dung liquor through a sieve ; add as much 
thereof to the soap liquor in the pan as will be sufficient 
to boil the yarn, intended to be dyed, for live hours. 
When the liquors are well mixed in the pan, enter the 
* Tilloch, vol. 17 } p. 149, From the Transactions of the Dublin Society j vol 
1, part 1. 
