A COFFEE OR CHESNUT.
Boil the hackles, &c., that have been previously dyed brown, in some nut gall, sumach, and alder bark, then add a small quantity of green copperas to the liquor, allow it to remain a day and a night in water that you can bear the hand in, and all the stuff will enter the materials.
TO DYE OLIVES AND A MIXTURE
OF COLOURS.
Olives are dyed from blue, red, and brown, of every shade, according to fancy.
From yellow, blue, and brown, are made olives of all kinds.
From brown, blue, and black, brown and green olives are made.
From red, yellow, and brown, are produced orange, gold colour, marigold, cinnamon, &c.
See Haigh's Dyer's Assistant of Woollen Goods, for larger quantities.