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[CUNNING MEN'S CLOAKS SOMETIMES FALL.] 2685. Calico, Linen, and Muslin (Blue). Blue.--Wash well to remove dressing, and dry; then dip in a strong solution of sulphate of indigo--partly saturated with potash--and hang up. Dry a piece to see if the colour is deep enough; if not dip again. Saxon Blue.--Boil the article in alum, and then dip in a strong solution of chemical blue. 2686. Calico, Linen, and Muslin (Buff). Buff.--Boil an ounce of anatto in three quarts of water, add two ounces of potash, stir well, and put in the calico while boiling, and stir well for five minutes; remove and plunge into cold pump water, hang up the articles without wringing, and when almost dry, fold. 2687. Calico, Linen, and Muslin (Pink). Pink.--Immerse in the acetate of alumina mordant, and then in the colouring of a pink saucer. 2688. Calico, Linen, and Muslin (Green). Green.--Boil the article in an alum mordant, and then in a solution of indigo mixed with any of the yellow dyes until the proper colour is obtained. 2689. Calico, Linen, and Muslin (Yellow). Yellow. i. Cut potato tops when in flower, and express the juice; steep articles in this for forty-eight hours. ii. Dip in a strong solution of weld after boiling in an aluminous mordant. Turmeric, fustic, anatto, &c., will answer the same as weld. 2690. Cloth (Black). Impregnate the material with the acetate of iron mordant, and then boil in a decoction of madder and logwood. 2691. Cloth (Madder Red). Boil the cloth in a weak solution of pearlash--an ounce to a gallon of water,--wash, dry, and then steep in a decoction of bruised nutgalls. After drying it is to be steeped twice in dry alum water, then dried, and boiled in a decoction made of three quarters of a pound of madder to every pound of the article. It should then be taken out and dried, and steeped in a second bath in the same manner. When dyed, the articles should be washed in warm soap and water, to remove a dun-coloured matter given out by the madder.