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Crimson for Worsted or Wool

table-spoonfuls; violet liquor, 1 table-spoonful; Worsted or Wool. table-spoonfuls; violet liquor, 1 tablespoonful ; Water, 3 gallons; paste cochincal, 1 ounce; magenta liquor, 1/2 table-spoonful. Boil the , 1 ounce; magenta liquor, table-spoonful.

Boil the cream of tartar, 1 ounce; nitrate of tin (see article (silk, wool or worsted), about 10 min- utes. ; nitrate of tin (see article (silk, wool or worsted), about 10 min- No. 113), a wine-glassful. Boil your goods in utes. this 1 hour. Wash first in cold water, then

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