YELLOW DYE

( Teinture jaune , Fr.; Gelbfarben , Germ.) An not to , dyer’s-broom ( Genista tinct or i a ), fustic , fustet , Persian or French berries , quercitron bark , saw-wort ( Serratula tinct or i a ), turmeric , weld , and willow leaves , are the principal yellow dyes of the vegetable kingdom; chromate of lead , iron-oxide , nitric acid (for silk), sulphuret of antimony , and sulphuret of arsenic , are those of the mineral kingdom. Under these articles, as also under Calico-printing , Dyeing , and Mordants , ample instructions will be found for communicating this colour to textile and other fibrous substances. Alumina and oxide of tin are the most approved bases of the above vegetable dyes. A nankin dye may be given with bablah , especially to cotton oiled preparatory to the Turkey-red proce . See Madder .