_Rose_, _Flesh-color_, _Poppy_, and _Cherry-red_, are obtained from a decoction of carthamus in water, with a little soda and lemon juice. For a poppy-color, the article should first be dipped in a weak solution of arnatto in water; and for a pale carnation, a little soap should be added to the carthamus. _Pink Bloom._--Archil is employed to give a bloom to pinks, whites, &c., as for silk stockings; for which purpose, also, pink saucers are used. _Scarlet_ is obtained from cochineal; but, for cotton and wool, the color derived from it is little superior to that given by madder. _Nankeen_ is obtained from Spanish arnatto dissolved in hot water, with a small portion of pearlash in it. _Blue_ is prepared from indigo; but, as this dye is not easily made, it will be better to purchase a bottle of "Blue Dye." _Yellow_ may be obtained from the juice of the tops of potato-flowers, fustic chips, weld or dyers' weed, turmeric, and Dutch pink. _Green_ consists of blue and yellow dyes, mixed. _Orange_ is extracted from carthamus. _Cinnamon_ from logwood, Brazil wood, and fustic, mixed; or from a strong decoction made from the green tops and flowers of the common heath. _Black_ is formed by logwood and green copperas boiled in water; the color being improved by first boiling the article with galls, or alder-bark, in water; or by first dyeing it with walnut-peels. _Gray_ is produced by diluting black dye. _Brown_ is obtained from walnut-peels, or the bark of birch. _Olives_ are made from blue, red, and brown. The pericarp of the Scotch rose contains a fine purple juice which, diluted with water, dyes silk and muslin _Peach-color_; the addition of alum will make it a deep _Violet_ dye. In all cases, except otherwise specified, the article to be dyed should be first steeped in a weak solution of alum in water. 282. _To dye the Linings of Curtains, Furniture Covers, &c._--Wash the articles clean, and, having prepared the dye according to either of the previous recipes, dip them, rinse them in pump water, then in water-starch; dry them quickly, and mangle or calender them. 283. _To dye Silk Stockings._--Wash and _boil_ the stockings, if requisite, in soap and water, and rinse them in clear hot water. Put three table-spoonfuls of archil into a wash-hand basin of hot water, in which soak the stockings until they become of a lilac shade, when rinse them lightly in cold water. Dry them in fumes of brimstone, and when they are bleached to the required flesh-color, rub the right side with clean flannel or glass, and iron them. If the pink saucer-color be used instead of archil, the stockings will not require bleaching with brimstone. _For Black Stockings._--Having dyed them, finish them on wooden legs, by rubbing them with flannel moistened with olive oil. Rub each pair half an hour.