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Fustic Green on Yarn

Dye a blue with the vat (see No. 130), wash and wring, and then pass through red liquor (see No. 100) diluted to 4° Baumé; wash through a tub of hot water, and then work for 20 minutes in a decoction of 4 pounds fustic; lift, and add 2 ounces alum in solution; work for 15 minutes, wash and dry. sumach, then add 1/2 pint of iron liquor (sce No. 118), and work 15 minutes; wash in a tub containing 2 ounces alum, and dry. 167. Olive or Bottle Green-Another Method. Work the goods in red liquor (see No. 100) at 5º Baumé, wash out in warm water; then work for half an hour in a decoction of 3 pounds bark and 1 pound sumach; lift, and add pint iron liquor (sec No. 118), and work 15 minutes; wring out and work 15 minutes in the chemic (see No. 162); wring out and dry.