169. Lilac or Puce

169.    Lilac or Puce. "Work for an hour in red spirits (see No. 108 (Red Spirits)) at 11/2° Baum'e; wring out and wash; then work half an hour in a decoction of 3 pounds logwood at about 140° Fahr.; lift, and add 1 gill red spirits, and work 20 minutes; wash and dry. Half a pint red liquor (see No. 100 (To make Red Liquor)) or 2 ounces alum, may be added to the logwood after lifting, instead of the red spirit.

170. Lilac or Puce

170.    Lilac or Puce. "Work for 15 minutes in red liquor (see No. 100 (To make Red Liquor)) at 5° Baum'e; wring out and wash in a tub of warm water; then work half an hour in a decoction of 2 pounds logwood at 140° Fahr.; lift, and add 1/2 pint red liquor, or 2 ounces alum; work 10 minutes, and wash in clean warm water; wring out and dry.

171. Light Purple or Adelaide

171.   Light Purple or Adelaide. Steep the goods in a decoction of 2 pounds sumach; wring out, and work half an hour in plumb spirit {see No. 111 (Plumb Spirit)); wring out, and wash in clean cold water until no taste of acid is left on the goods, and dry.

When working with the plumb spirit, it is advisable to put a sufficiency of it into a separate vessel for working the goods, returning the liquor afterwards to the plumb tub.

172. Light Purple

172.    Light Purple. Steep in a decoction of 2 pounds sumach; wring out and work for 20 minutes in red spirits {see No. 108 (Red Spirits)) at 11/2° Baum'e; wash well and then work in plumb spirit, and finish the same as the last receipt.

173. Purple

173.    Purple. Steep in a decoction of 2 pounds sumacn until cool; work in red spirits {see No. 108 (Red Spirits)) at 11/2° Baum6 for an hour, and wash in cold water; then work for half an hour in a decoction of 3 pounds logwood at 140° Fahr.; lift, and add 1 gill red spirits, and work 10 minutes more; wash in cold water and dry.

If a browner tint is required, use a little more sumach; for a bluer tint, use less sumach and more logwood; and add, after lifting, 1/2 pint red liquor {see No. 100 (To make Red Liquor)), or 2 ounces alum, instead of red spirits.

174. Lavender or Peach

174.    Lavender or Peach. "Work for 20 minutes in plumb spirit {see No. 111 (Plumb Spirit)); wring out, and wash in clean cold water till free from acid taste, and dry.

175. Logwood, Lilac or Puce

175.  Logwood, Lilac or Puce. Dye a good shade of Prussian blue {see No. 131 (Sky Blue Dye for Cotton Goods)); then work 15 minutes in a decoction of 1 pound logwood at 140° Fahr.; lift, and add 4 ounces alum; work 10 minutes, then wash in cold water and dry.

176. Logwood Lilac

176.    Logwood Lilac. Dye a sky blue {see No. 131 (Sky Blue Dye for Cotton Goods)); then work for 15 minutes in a tub of warm water containing 1 gallon alum plumb {see No. 114 (Alum Plumb)); wring out and dry.

177. Common Drab

177.     Common Drab. Work for 15 minutes in a decoction of 1/2 a pound sumach; lift, and add 1 ounce copperas in solution, and work 15 minutes more; wash out in a tub of cold water, then work 15 minutes in a decoction of 4 ounces fustic, 2 ounces lirua-wood, and 1 ounce logwood; lift, and add 1 ounce alum in solution; work 10 minutes, then wring out and dry.

A great variety of different tints can be produced by varying the proportion of the limawood, fustic, and logwood; and lighter or darker shades by diminishing or increasing the quantities of sumach and copperas.