320. Plum Color for Worsted, Silk or Cotton

320.    Plum Color for Worsted, Silk or Cotton. Water, 1 gallon; sulphuric acid, 1 tea-spoonful; glauber salts, in crystals, 2 table-spoonfuls; violet liquor, 1 table-spoonful; magenta liquor, 1/2 table-spoonful. Boil the article (silk, wool or worsted), about 10 minutes.

321. Remarks on Dyeing Cotton

321.    Remarks on Dyeing Cotton. Cotton should be dyed the above colors separately, and by first running them through weak gall liquor, and weak double muriate of tin. Then wash well, and work in the aforesaid liquor, according to color and shade. The dyeing liquor should be cold.

322. Scarlet on Worsted or Wool

322.    Scarlet on Worsted or Wool. 3 gallons water, 2 ounces dry cochineal, 1 ounce cream of tartar, 1 wine-glassful nitrate of tin; boil the goods 1 hour. To give the goods a yellower hue, add a little young fustic to the above mixture. Wash out as before.

323. Yellow for Dyeing Silk

323.    Yellow for Dyeing Silk. Proceed the same as in dyeing pea green, omitting the extract of indigo, and using oxalic tin instead of sulphuric acid.

324. To Dye Feathers

324.    To Dye Feathers. First steep them a few hours in warm water.

325. Blue may be dyed by extract of indigo and boiling water

325.    Blue may be dyed by extract of indigo and boiling water. Simmer over the fire a Few minutes.

326. Green

326.    Green. Verdigris and verditer, 1 ounce each; and gum water. Dip the feathers. Or mix the indigo liquor with Persian berry liquor.

327. Lilac

327.    Lilac. Use cudbear and hot water.

328. Bed

328.    Bed. Brazil wood, a little vermilion and alum, and vinegar. Boil 30 minutes, and then dip the feathers.

329. Yellow, by turmeric

329.    Yellow, by turmeric.

330. Scarlet, by cochineal, cream of tartar, and muriate of tin

330.    Scarlet, by cochineal, cream of tartar, and muriate of tin. (See No. 113 (Tin Spirits).)

331. To Dye Dove or Slate Color

331.    To Dye Dove or Slate Color. Boil a teacup of black tea in an iron pot, adding a tea-spoonful of copperas. The depth of color will depend on the quantity of water used. Dye the articles in this and then hang them up to drain, finally rinsing out in soapsuds.

332. Aniline Bed

332.    Aniline Bed. This produces a color varying from the deepest crimson to a very brilliant and beautiful rose pink, according to the strength of the dye. All that is necessary is to enclose the aniline in a small muslin bag, and having a kettle (tin or brass) filled with moderately hot water, rub the substance out. Then immerse the articles to be colored, and in a short time they are done. The dye is so readily absorbed that care is required to prevent spotting. No mordant is required, although it improves the color to wring the goods out of strong soapsuds before putting them in the dye. This is a permanent color for woolen or silk.