Cochineal

Take for each pound of goods 2½ ounces of alum, 1½ ounces white tartar, put in a brass or porcelain kettle, not iron, with sufficient water to cover the goods. Let boil briskly several minutes then put in the goods, which should have been washed clean, and rinsed in clear water. When the goods have boiled one-half hour take out, without wringing, and hang where they will all cool alike, without drying. Empty out the alum and tartar water, put in fresh for each pound of goods to be dyed, add an ounce of finely powdered cochineal. Let this boil fifteen minutes, add sufficient cold water to make lukewarm and to just cover the goods as before. Boil one and one-fourth hours. Remove the goods without wringing and dry in the shade".

Orange And Salmon

Take as much strong soft soap-suds (plain bar soap will do), as will cover the quantity of good's. Tie a quantity of annotto in a bag and soak in the suds until it is soft, so that enough can be squeezed out to make the suds a deep yellow. Put in the articles, which should be clean and bleached free from color. Boil until the shade wished. See that the goods are well covered with dye. This dye will make a salmon or orange color, according to the strength or the length of time the goods are kept in. Drain out of the dye, dry quickly in the shade, then wash in soap-suds. Do not rinse.

Straw Or Lemon Color

Fustic or saffron make a good straw or lemon color, according to the strength of the dye. Steep in soft water in an earthen or tin vessel, strain and set the dye with alum. To stiffen the goods, dissolve a little gum-arabic in the dye. When it is strained steep the goods in it.

Slate Colored Dye

Tea grounds set with copperas makes a good slate color. Strain, boil the goods in this and hang up to drain and dry.

How To Bleach Goods For Dyeing

Where it is necessary to remove the color in an article before dying, wash in hot soap-suds or boil in soap-suds until faded. Rinse thoroughly; any soap left in will ruin the dye. Goods for dyeing should be clean and free from grease.

Scarlet For Wool (Very Fine)

For 1 pound of goods, take ½ ounce cream-tartar, ½ ounce well pulverized cochineal, 2½ ounces muriate of tin. Boil up the dye and enter the goods. Work them briskly ten or fifteen minutes, then boil one and one-half hours, stirring the goods slowly while boiling, Wash in clear water and dry in the shade.

Blue For Wool (Quick Process)

For 2 pounds goods, 5 ounces alum, 3 ounces cream-tartar. Boil goods in this one hour, then put them into warm water that has more or less extract of indigo in it, according to depth of color desired and boil again until the tint suit, adding more indigo if needed.

Sky Blue (On Silk Ok Cotton)

Give the goods as much color from a solution of blue vitriol, 2 ounces to 1 gallon water, by dipping fifteen minutes. Then run it through lime-water. This will make a beautiful and durable sky blue.

General Remarks

Everything should be clean. The goods should be scoured in soap and the soap rinsed out. Dip them into water just before putting them into preparations, to prevent spotting. Soft water should be used, sufficient to cover the goods well - this is always understood where quantity is not mentioned. When goods are dyed, air, rinse well, and hang up to dry. Do not wring silk or merino dresses when scouring or dyeing them. If cotton goods are to be dyed a light color they should firet be bleached.