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

549. BROMUS secalinus. BROME-GRASS.—The panicle, a green.

550. BIDENS tripartita. HEMP AGRIMONY..—The herb, a good yellow.

551. BETULA alba. BIRCH.—The leaves, a yellow.

552. BETULA nana. DWARF-BIRCH.—The leaves, a yellow.

553. BETULA Alnus. ALDER.—The bark affords a brown colour; which with the addition of copperas becomes black.

554. CALENDULA officinalis. COMMON MARIGOLD.—The radius of the corolla, if bruised, affords a fine orange. The corolla dried and reduced to powder will also afford a yellow pigment.

555. CALTHA palustris. MARSH-MARIGOLD.—The juice of the corolla, with alum, gives a yellow.

556. CAMPANULA rotundifolia. ROUND-LEAVED BELL-FLOWER.—A blue pigment is made from the corolla; with the addition of alum it produces a green colour.

557. CARPINUS Betulus. HORNBEAM.—The bark, a yellow.

558. CHAEROPHYLLUM sylvestre. COW-PARSLEY.—The umbels produce a yellow colour, and the juice of the other parts of the plant a beautiful green.