Family Dyeing Receipts. The following receipts and directions are excellent for dyeing on a small scale, and especially adapted for family use. The ingredients required can be obtained at any color store.

303. Black for Worsted or Woolen

303.    Black for Worsted or Woolen. Dissolve 3/4 ounce bichromate of potash in 3 gallons water. Boil the goods in this 40 minutes; then wash in cold water. Then take 3 gallons water, add 9 ounces logwood, 3 ounces fustic, and one or two drops, D. 0. V., or Double Oil of Vitriol; boil the goods 40 minutes, and wash out in cold water. This will dye from 1 to 2 pounds of cloth, or a lady's dress, if of a dark color, as brown, claret, etc..

All colored dresses with cotton warps should be previously steeped 1 hour in sumach liquor ; and then soaked for 30 minutes in 3 gallons of clean water, with 1 cupful of nitrate of iron (see No. 116 (Nitrate of Iron)); then it must be well washed, and dyed as first stated.

304. Black for Silk

304.    Black for Silk. Dye the same as black for worsted; but previously steep the silk in the following liquor: scald 4 ounces logwood, and 1/4 ounce turmeric in 1 pint boiling water; then add 7 pints cold water. Steep 30 or 40 minutes; take out, and add 1 ounce sulphate of iron (copperas), dissolved in hot water; steep the silk 30 minutes longer.

305. Brown for Worsted or Wool

305.    Brown for Worsted or Wool. Water, 3 gallons; bichromate of potash, 3/4 ounce. Boil the goods in this 40 minutes; wash out in cold water. Then take 3 gallons water, 6 ounces peachwood, and 2 ounces turmeric. Boil the goods in this 40 minutes; wash out.

306. Imperial Blue for Silk, Wool, and Worsted

306.    Imperial Blue for Silk, Wool, and Worsted. Water, 1 gallon; sulphuric acid, a wine-glassful; imperial blue, 1 table-spoonful or more, according to the shade required. Put in the silk, worsted, or wool, and boil 10 minutes; wash in a weak solution of soap lather.

307. Sky Blue for Worsted and Woolen

307.    Sky Blue for Worsted and Woolen. Water, 1 gallon; sulphuric acid, a wine-glassful ; glauber salts in crystals, 2 tablespoonfuls; liquid extract of indigo, 1 teaspoonful. Boil the goods about 15 minutes; rinse in cold water.

308. Claret for Wool or Worsted

308.    Claret for Wool or Worsted. A Short Way of Dyeing the Same. Water, 3 gallons; cudbear, 12 ounces; logwood, 4 ounces; old fustic, 4 ounces; alum, 1/2 ounce. Boil the goods in it 1 hour. "Wash. This will dye from 1 to 2 pounds of material.

309. Crimson for Worsted or Wool

309.    Crimson for Worsted or Wool. Water, 3 gallons; paste cochineal, 1 ounce; cream of tartar, 1 ounce; nitrate of tin (see No. 113 (Tin Spirits)), a wine-glassful. Boil your goods in this 1 hour. Wash first in cold water, then in another vessel with 3 gallons warm water with a cupful of ammonia, the whole well mixed. Put in the goods and work well 15 minutes. For a bluer shade add more ammonia. Then wash out.