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Bottle Green (Proceed exactly as for common)

Proceed exactly as for common green (see No. 276) with the addition of 1 pound logwood to the 6 pounds fustic. The addition of a little more logwood makes a still deeper shade if required. and the process is seldom resorted to. But the intelligent dyer will be able to combine a variety of tints by following the rules and receipts given. 287. To Dye Mixed Fabrics one Color. If the mixed fabrics are required to be dyed one uniform color, the double process has often to be adopted, especially for cotton and woolen fabrics, thus: 288. Black on Cotton and Woolen Goods. First dye the woolen according to No. 192; then, after steeping the goods in sumach, dye the cotton by receipt No. 139.

289. Brown on Cotton and Woolen Goods by one Process. Work for 2 hours in catechu, as in No. 147; then work at a boiling heat for an hour with 8 ounces bichromate of potassa and 2 ounces tartar; next work for an hour in 2 pounds fustic and 8 ounces cudbear; wash and dry. For a deeper shade, or of a more chocolate hue, add 4 ounces logwood to the cudbear.

290. Black on Silk and Woolens by one Process. Work for an hour in a solution of 8 ounces tartar and 8 ounces copperas; wash out, then work for 15 minutes in a decoction of 4 pounds logwood; lift, and add 1 ounce chrome; work for 30 minutes and dry. potassa; put the dry piece of cloth in this mixture for 6 or 7 minutes, and then wash it in water until there is no taste of acid; dry it at a gentle heat; next put it into a mixture of ether and alcohol, which will dissolve the cotton and not the linen. If the piece be weighed before and after putting it into the ether and alcohol, the quantity of cotton in the fabric can be accurately ascertained.

Take a small piece of the cloth and boil in