the mod maftcrly Pencil. Our common Me^od of Colouring this Flovver* 
is to begin with a Lay of thin ,Carmihe j and]to Shadow it, by ufing the .Car- 
mine in Degrees thicker, and confequendy darker. This Manner, by its gay 
Appearance at fird, courts the Eye, but is evidently erroneous j for notwith-' 
dancing the fined Colours we can ufe are but Dirt, when compar’d- with the 
natural Gaiety of the Tints on Flowers, yet the Colouring thcR^fe with Car- 
mine only, gives it a difagrecabic and unnatural Glare : To prevent which it 
is herorecommended, after the ftrd or lighted Carmine is laid on, to fodenk 
with a faint Wa(h of Pruffian Bhie, then proceed with pure Carmine •, and, to 
give Power to the darked Parts of the Flower and Roundnefs to its Appear- 
ance, add a little Indko. If one is-reprefeated fo-miich blOvtnia^ to (hew the 
Buttons in the Middle, they are firft to be laid with Gamboge and Ihadow’d. 
with Gall-Stot^ The Stalks are brownidj, done with Sap-Green .and a Iktk 
ermine *, adding ladico for the Shades, on the dark Side. The Uppcr-S-ldcs. 
ot the Leaves arc done with Sap-Green, Ihadow’d'with French Berries and Irir 
dico mix’d together, to make a dark Green. The Barks, or Under-Sid^s, are* 
aduUifh Green, made with White, Indico anda little Sap-Green, ft it not, 
plcafingin Nature, but to mal^ fome of the Leaves a yeilowiih Brown, as if 
withering, gives a natural and pleafant Air in Painting i which is to be done - 
wkh a Mixture of Gamboge, S^.f^een, and Carmine. 
R A N ^ / N e U L A. 
R ANUNCULA’s are varioufly colour'd : Some are White, edg’d or eloud^ 
ed With Crimfon j others Straw-Colour, or Yellow, ftrijid with Scarlet, 
which may be executed acccording to the Diredions given for other Flowers 
of the fame Colour, a Repetition of the Mixture of the Colours being need-" 
Ids. The Leaves are done with Sap Green, fhadowing with Indico and 
Fremb Bernes *, taking the Liberty of making fome Leaves Yellowifo or 
Brown, which makes a pieafing Vari^ hi the Work. The Stalk is lo hg 
made Brown, by a Mixture ot' Carmine and Sap-GrecR, 
¥ R I S. 
T here is a very great, if not onlimucd, Vartccy in the Cuburing of tFI> 
common are Blue, with a Yellow Vein on 
rccaa others Pale Fldh Colour, variegated wkh Purple or Blue, &c. The 
^ ^ Gai«b;*ge. The oth«f^ three 
' ^ Yellow ; be^nftbg ar the Bale, arai eadtng about 
wi . - Purple IS done widr a Mixture of Cmfxme and Fridas 
; beginning pale, and ftriping it from the Centre with a deeper Colour, 
r^refented in the Engravings, adding IndicoTor the 
The Leaves and Stalk are a bluifh Green, done with So- 
Green and Prufikn Blue, ihadowing with the fame Coio^. . ^ 1 
