Fine Blue

Into a clean glass bottle, put one pound of oil of vitriol, and four ounces of the best indigo pounded in a mortar; (take care to set the bottle in a basin or earthen glazed pan, as it will ferment; now put your veneers into a copper, or stone trough; fill it rather more than one-third with water, and add as much of the vitriol and indigo (stirring it about) as will make a fine blue, which you. may know by trying it with a piece of white paper or wood; let the veneers remain till the dye has struck through.

Fine Yellow

Reduce four pounds of the root of barberry, by sawing to dust, which put in a copper or brass trough; add four ounces of turmeric, and four gallons of water, then put in as many white holly veneers as the liquor will cover; boil them together for three hours, often turning them; when cool, add two ounces of aqua-fortis, and the dye will strike through much sooner.

Bright Yellow

To every gallon of water, necessary to cover your veneers, add one pound of French berries; boil the veneers till the colour has penetrated through; add the following liquid to the infusion of the French berries, and let your veneers remain for two or three hours, and the colour will be very bright.

Bright Green

Proceed as in either of the above receipts to produce a yellow; but instead of adding aqua-fortis or the brightening liquid, add as much vitriolated indigo as will produce the desired colour.

Another

Dissolve four ounces of the best verdigris, and half an ounce of indigo, in three pints of the best vinegar; put in your veneers, and gently boil till the colour has penetrated sufficiently.

The hue of the green may be varied by altering the proportion of the ingredients.

Bright Red

To two pounds of genuine Brazil dust, add four gallons of water; put in as many veneers as the liquor will cover, boil them for three hours; then add two ounces of alum, and two ounces of aqua-fortis, and keep it lukewarm until it has struck through.

Another

To every pound of logwood chips, (well picked from dirt, etc.,) add two gallons of water; put in your veneers, and boil as in the last; then add a sufficient quantity of the brightening liquid (page 55) till you see the colour to your mind; keep the whole as warm as you can bear your finger in it, till the colour has sufficiently penetrated.

The logwood chips is always best when fresh cut, which may be known by its appearing of a bright red colour; for if stale it will look brown, and not yield so much colouring matter.