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Drab (Work for minutes)

Work for 15 minutes in a decoction of 8 ounces sumach and 8 ounces 283. To Dye Mixed Fabrics Two fustic; lift, and add 4 ounces copperas; work for 20 minutes, and wash out in cold water; Colors. Mixed fabrics of cotton and wool, then work 15 minutes in a vessel of warm such as coburgs, damasks, &c., may be dyed water containing pint archil liquor, and dry. all of one color, or the cotton and wool in

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