Boil 1 pound of Brazil-wood in 1 gallon of water for three hours or more, add 1 ounce of pearlash, and apply it to the wood whilst hot, then brush over it a solution made of 2 ounces of alum in 1 quart of water. A solution of dragon's-blood in spirjts-of-wine makes a very good stain, as already mentioned. The Brazil-wood is cut from a tree about twenty feet high, with prickly branches and yellow flowers, the decoction yields, in dyeing, rose-color, red, and yellow, according to the mordant used. It is not used in dyeing now as much as if was formerly, owing to the introduction of superior materials.

A decoction of Archil forms a very good red stain for common work, two or three washes of it should be given, after which it should he brushed over with a hot solution of pearlash and water. Archil, or Orchil, is the coloring matter of the Orchella weed in solution, It does not in dyeing produce a fast color, but it greatly improves other dyes. It soaks, however, into the fibers of wood, and is thus a useful stain for common work.