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[NO LOCK WILL HOLD GAINST KEYS OF GOLD.] 2714. Wool (Green). First imbue with the blue, then with the yellow dye. 2715. Wool (Orange). Dye first with the red dye for cloth, and then with a yellow. 2716. Wool (Red). Take four and a half pounds of cream of tartar, four and a quarter pounds of alum; boil the wool gently for two hours; let it cool, and wash it on the following day in pure water. Infuse twelve pounds of madder for half an hour with a pound of chloride of tin, in lukewarm water; filter through canvas, remove the dye from the canvas, and put it in the bath, which is to be heated to 100° Fahr.; add two ounces of aluminous mordant, put the wool in, and raise to boiling heat. Remove the wool, wash, and soak for a quarter of an hour in a solution of white soap in water. 2717. Wool (Yellow). Dye with that used for calico, &c. 2718. Dyeing Bonnets. Chip and straw bonnets or hats may be dyed black by boiling them three or four hours in a strong liquor of logwood, adding a little green copperas occasionally. Let the bonnets remain in the liquor all night, then take out to dry in the air. If the black is not satisfactory, dye again after drying. Rub inside and out with a sponge moistened in fine oil. Then block. 2719. To Dye Hair and Feathers Green. Take of either verdigris or verditer one ounce; gum water, one pint; mix them well, and dip the hair or feathers into the mixture, shaking them well about.