Black

—Take a gallon of decoction, made with 4 libs. of logwood, with which Black. — 14 ounces of starch are to be combined: mix in Black. — 2 ounces of powdered nut-galls: boil, and pour the colour into a pipkin containing Black. — 2 ounces of tartaric acid; 2 ounces of oxalic, both in powder, and Black. — 2 ounces of olive oil. Stir the colour till it is cold, and add Black. — 8 ounces of nitrate of iron, and 4 ounces of nitrate of copper. The red, violet, lilac, yellow colours, . are the same as for steam colours upon cotton. Topical colours are also applied without mordanting the silk beforehand. In this case a little muriate of tin is introduced. Thus, for