1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

600 MISCELLAXSOUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

92

— also by adding j This is somewhat of

ties of- woods in their proportion, little alum in the saddening.

an olive.

No. 182. A Broicn on the Red Cast. Take 2 pounds red- wood, 1 pound fustic ;

proceed

in every respect as in Receipt i^o. 181 :

the desired

shade will be obtained. The quantity of dye-woods may be regulated according to the quantity of goods to be dyed; in Xo. 181 also, the copperas and tartar (On woollen, of course.)

No. 183. Olive-Brown.

For a pair of pantaloons, providing they weigh 3 pounds, take 2 pounds fustic, 1 ounce logwood, 4 ounces common madder, 2 ounces peach-wood ; boil them up; then cool down your liquor; enter your pantaloons ; bring the liquor to a boil ; let it boil half an hour, occasionally turning over ; take out cool down your liquor; put in 2 ounces dissolved copperas; handle until deep enough. (For wool.) Any quantity of yarn may be dyed on .the same principle. ' A Bi^oivn inclining to Snvff. Take any quantity of woollen goods ; use for every pound IJ or 2 pounds logwood. First put youi logwood into the copper vessel ; bring it to a boil cool down ; then enter your goods ; briug them to a boil, half an hour, or longer if a large quantity; No. 184.