The Botanist's Companion, Volume II / Or an Introduction to the Knowledge of Practical Botany, and the Uses of Plants. Either Growing Wild in Great Britain, or Cultivated for the Puroses of Agriculture, Medicine, Rural Oeconomy, or the Arts

by William Salisbury

539. ACANTHUS mollis. BEAR'S-BREECH.—This gives a fine yellow, which was in use among the ancients.

540. ACTAEA spicata. BANEBERRY.—The juice of the berries affords a deep black, and is fixed with alum.

541. ANCHUSA officinalis. YELLOW ANCHUSA, or BLUE-FLOWERED BUGLOSS.—The juice of the corolla gives out to acids a beautiful green.

542. ANTHEMIS tinctoria.—The flowers afford a shining yellow.

543. ANTHYLLIS vulneraria. KIDNEY-VETCH.—The whole plant gives out a yellow, which is in use for colouring the garments of the country- people.—Linn.

544. ARBUTUS uva-ursi. BEAR'S-BERRY.—The leaves boiled in an acid will dye a brown.

545. ASPERULA tinctoria. WOODROOF.—The roots give a red similar to madder.

546. ANEMONE Pulsatilla. PASQUE-FLOWER.—The corolla, a green tincture.

547. ARUNDO Phragmites. COMMON REED-GRASS.—The pamicle, a green.

548. BERBERIS vulgaris. BARBERRIES.—The inner bark, a yellow.