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Brown for Worsted or Wool

be too deep, use a little soap in rinsing, using warm water. Water, 3 gallons ; bichromate of potash, warm water. ounce. 316. Violet Color for Worsted may be Boil the goods in this 40 minutes; wash out in cold water. Then take 3 gallons produced by using a table-spoonful of violet water, 6 ounces peachwood, and 2 ounces liquor instead of a tea-spoonful. turmeric. Boil the goods in this 40 minutes; water, put 1/2 tea-spoonful picric acid, and rath. 317. Pea Green for Silk. To 1 quart the goods in this 40 minutes; 317. Pea Green for Silk. To 1 quart water, put tea-spoonful picric acid, and rath wash out. 306. Imperial Blue for Silk, Wool, er more than 1/2 wine-glassful sulphuric acid, and Worsted. Water, 1 gallon; sulphuric and a tea-spoonful paste extract of indigo; acid, a wine-glassful; imperial blue, 1 table- boil about 5 minutes, then add water to cool spoonful or more, according to the shade re- it down to blood heat, or 100° Fahr. Put in quired. Put in the silk, worsted, or wool, the silk, and work it about 20 minutes. The , or wool, the silk, and work it about 20 minutes.

The and boil 10 minutes; wash in a weak solution shade may be varied by adding more or less of of soap lather. the picric acid, or extract of indigo; if more 307. Sky Blue for Worsted and Wool- of either be added, boil separately in a little en. Water, 1 gallon; sulphuric acid, a wineglassful; glauber salts in crystals, 2 tablesalts in crystals, 2 tablespoonfuls; liquid extract of indigo, 1 tea- , 1 teaspoonful. Boil the goods about 15 minutes; rinse in cold water.