376. Blue

1. Dissolve copper filings in aquafortis, brush the wood with it, and then go over the work with a hot solution of pearl-ash (two ounces to a pint of water), till it assumes a perfectly blue colour. 2. Boil a pound of indigo, two pounds of woad, and three ounces of alum in a gallon of water; brush well over until thoroughly stained.

377. In Imitation Of Botany-Bay Wood

Boil half a pound of French berries (the unripe berries of the rham-nus infectorius), in two quarts of water till of a deep yellow, and while boiling hot give two or three coats to the work. If a deeper colour is desired, give a coat of logwood decoction over the yellow. When nearly dry, form, the grain with No. 8 black stain, used hot, and when dry rust and varnised

378. Green

Dissolve verdigris in vinegar, and brush over with the hot solution until of a proper colour.

379. Mahogany Colour

Dark. 1,

Boil half a pound of madder and two ounces of logwood chins in a gallon of water, and brush well over while hot; when dry, go over the whole with pearl-ash solution, two drachms to the quart. 2. Put two ounces of dragon's-blood, bruised, into a quart of oil of turpentine; let the bottle stand in a warm place, shake frequently, and, when dissolved, steep the work in the mixture.

380. Light Red Brown - Boil half a pound of madder and a quarter of a pound of fustic in a gallon of water; brush over the work when boiling-hot, until properly stained. 2. The surface of the work being quite smooth, brush over with a weak solution of aquafortis, half an ounce to the pint, and then finish with the following: - Put four ounces and a half of dragon's-blood and an ounce of soda, both well bruised, to three pints of spirit of wine, let it stand in a warm place, shake frequently, strain, and lay on with a soft brash, repeating until of a proper colour; polish with linseed oil or varnish.

381. Purple

Brush the work several times with the logwood decoction used for No. 6 black, and when dry give a coat of pearl-ash solution, one drachm to a quart, taking care to lay it on evenly.

382. Red

1. Boil a pound of Brazil wood and an ounce of pearl-ash in a gallon of water, and while hot brush over the work until of a proper colour. Dissolve two ounces of alum in & quart of water, and brush the solution over the work before it dries. 2. Take a gallon of the above stain, add two more ounces of pearl-ash; use hot, and brush often with the alum solution. 3. Use a cold infusion of archil, and brush over with the pearl-ash solution used for No. 1 dark mahogany

383. In Imitation Of Rosewood

1. Boil half a pound of logwood in three pints of water till it is of a very dart red, add half an ounce of salt of tarta: stain the work with the liquor while boiling hot, giving three coats; then with a painter's graining brush, form streaks with No. 8 black stain; let dry and varnish. 2. Brush over with the logwood decoction used for No. 6 black, three or four times; put half a pound of iron filings into two quarts of vinegar; then with a graining brush or cane, bruised at the end, apply the iron-filing solution in the form required, and polish with bees-wax and turpentine when dry, or varnish.

384. Yellow

1. Brush over with the tincture of turmeric. 2. Warm the work, and brush over with weak aquafortis, then hold to the fire. Varnish or oil as usual.