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Lilac or Puce (Work for minutes in red liquor)

Work for 15 minutes in red liquor (see No. 100) at 5° Baumé; wring out and wash in a tub of warm water; then work half an hour in a decoction of 2 of pounds logwood at 140° Fahr.; lift, and add pint red liquor, or 2 ounces alum; work 10 minutes, and wash in clean warm water; wring out and dry.