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minutes, stirring it; then hang it in the air, and if it is not black enough,
boil it over. You should have a clear day to do all coloring in.
Cedar Dye.
Boil the boughs of cedar in two or three gallons of water, for several hours, in
an iron vessel; strain it off, add half a tea-spoonful of copperas, put it on
the fire, and put in the articles you wish to dye; let them boil a few minutes,
then hang them up to dry. This will dye sage color, and can be used for cotton,
woollen or silk, and has the advantage of retaining its color.
The cedar boughs should be used in the fall of the year, when the berries are on
them. Pear bark is an improvement and makes the color darker.
To Dye Olive.
Make a strong sage tea, and add copperas and alum till it is dark; strain it;
dip the cloth or silk in weak soap-suds, and then in the dye, and air it, till
it is the color you wish.
Maple bark and copperas make a good dark color for common purposes.
To Dye Yellow.
Boil peach leaves when they are turning yellow in the fall, with a little alum.
Onion skins boiled with alum make a good yellow.
To Dye Brown.
Take young walnuts, with some of the leaves and bark; wash your wool in
soap-suds; put a layer of it in a barrel, and a layer of the walnuts; fill it up
with water, and put a weight on the top; at the end of a
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