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Black for Silk

Dye the same as black for worsted; but previously steep the silk in the following liquor: scald 4 ounces logwood, and 14 ounce turmeric in 1 pint boiling water; 4 ounce turmeric in 1 pint boiling water; then add 7 pints cold water. Steep 30 or 40 minutes; take out, and add 1 ounce sulphate of iron (copperas), dissolved in hot water; material, as stated under Magenta, about 10 steep the silk 30 minutes longer. minutes. Rinse in cold water. If the color