STEAM COLOURS.

solution of corallin may be mixed with magnesia and oxide of zinc, andthickened either with albumen or with glycerin and gum-water.

No. 446.— Aloes , Rose.

Gum-water. 1 litre

Chrysammic acid (p. 417). 2 grms.

This mixture, without steaming, produces a rose on cotton, silk, or wool. Theshades resist washing, and are not modified if the pieces have been preparedwith stannate of soda. On steaming,' the rose is converted into a violet.

No. 44c. Deep Red (Artificial Alizarin).—

Alizarin paste, at 15 per cent.800 grms.

Acetic acid, at 6° Baume. 1 litre

Water . 2 litres

Olive oil.200 grms.

Acetate of lime, at io° Baume.200 „

Wheat starch .. 500 ,,

Boil well, stir till cool, and incorporate—

Acetate of alumina .200 grms.

No. 44 d. Rose-Colour .—

Alizarin paste, at 15 per cent.1600 grms.

Thickening for reds . 8 litres

Acetate of alumina, at 12° Baume.500 grms.

Acetate of lime, at 16’ Baume.250 ,,

The paler the shade required the more thickening must be used. (See alsop. 225).

No. 45. Stone-Colour .—

Lavender liquor, No. 12 . 4 gals.

Blue standard, No. 6. 6 ,,

Bark liquor, at 12* Tw. 1 gal.

Gum-water, according to shade .40 to 70 gals.

No. 46. Yellow .—

Berry liquor, at 12° Tw. 4 gals.

• Alum . .. 15 lbs.

No. 47. Yellow .—

Bark liquor, at 8° Tw.

Red liquor, at 18° TwNitrate of aluminaTin crystals ..

Starch .

No. 48. Pale Yellow .—

Berry liquor, at 4° Tw. 1 gal.

Flour .. .. Ii lbs.

Boil, and add—

Alum. 9 ozs *

Dissolve, and strain. When printed, steam thirty minutes at 3 lbs. pressure;let lie one night, and run through a dilute solution of alum on the mangle,and finish.

4 gals.i gal.i „

12 ozs.

5 lbs.

2 R 2