To Dye Red.

To four pounds of yarn, take one pound of fine alum, and boil it in
as much water as will cover the yarn; put in the yarn, and let it
boil gently half an hour; then take it out and dry it; make a dye of
two pounds of madder, and two ounces of crude tartar pulverized, and
boil it; then put in the yarn, and let it boil half an hour; take it
out and air it, and if it is not dark enough, put it in again, and
boil it longer.


Brazil Wood Dye.

Tie two pounds of red or Brazil wood in a thin bag, and boil it for
several hours in a brass or copper kettle in water; take out the Brazil
wood and add a pound of alum, then put the rags in, and let them boil
some time; hang them in the sun, and dry without washing them. This will
dye woolen _red_, and cotton _pink_. Washing in soap suds will change it
to purple.