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Green and Red
To color carpet-rags green: to five pounds of cotton cloth, take one pound of fustic and four ounces of chip logwood; soak in a brass kettle over night; heat the dye, then add two ounces of blue vitriol; wet the cloth in suds. When the dye is boiling hot put in the cloth.
For coloring red, for five pounds of goods, take one pound of redwood, steep in cold water over night, then let it come to a boil, skim out the chips, wring out the goods in the dye, then add sufficient muriate of tin to set the color; return the goods to the dye, let them remain until nearly colored deep enough; color in brass or tin.- ELLA T. B., Groveport, O.