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4Q4 G R E
Iris Green. The method of making this Green is as fol-
lows : Take of the blued flower-de-luces, which are called other-
wife flagiris; ftrip off the upper or fattin part of them, and keep
only that; the reft is not good for any ufe in painting, and pick
even all the little yellow nerves, and throw them away too ; then
pound what you have thus picked in a mortar, throwing three
or four fpoonfuls of water upon it, according to the quantity of
flowers you pound ; but you mud firft have diffolved in this wa-
ter a little alum, and a very little gum arabic; and, having
pounded them well together, {train all through aclofe cloth, and
put this juice into (hells, which dry in the air.
Pound alum, and, having bruifed French or Avignon berries,
mix them with water, and boil them either over a fire or an afh-
heat, till the water becomes very yellow ; then pound the flower-
de-luces in a mortar, and pour a little of this yellow water upon
them, according as you would have your Green, either bright
or fad ; then ftrain it through a cloth of goat's hair, for, if it
were pa ffed through linen, it would not be fo good ; and put
the juice fo drained into large fhells, and expofe them to all the
heat of the fun ; for, if they are fet in the fhade, the Green will
become mouldy, or mothery, and prove too clammy.
To make bladder Green. Pound the berries of the bramble
called rhamnus, in a mortar, and fprinkle upon them a little
powdered alum ; then prefs or fqueefe out thejuice, and put it up
in a bladder, which tie clofe, and leave it to dry till the Green
is grown hard.
Green, for tincturing and painting on glafs. See GLASS,
Green, to dye.
I. To dye an olive Green. Take clear bran liquors, but ftale,
a fufficient quantity, alum three pounds, logwood ground one
pound; boil, and enter twenty yards of broad-cloth ; boil two
hours and an half, cool, and wafh it well. Take clear water a
fufficient quantity, heddar, commonly called linge, heath ltra-
vel, or fuftic, as much as may make twenty yards of broad-cloth
Green ; then take water a fufficient quantity, fuftic a pound ;
cruft madder, nut-galls, fumach, of each four ounces ; boil, en-
ter your cloth, handle it well ; boil it an hour and a half, and
fo cool; add copperas four ounces, and enter your cloth again ;
boil half an hour; if you would have it fadder, put in more cop-
perns.
II. To dye a popinjay Green. Take water a fufficient quan -
tity, alum, two pounds; logwood ground, eight ounces j boil,
and enter twenty yards of broad-cloth ; boil three hours, and
make it a bright yellow; then draw it through a cold vat, and
then wafh it. i
III. To dye a fea Green. Firft make it a fad blue, then take
3 , water4
Iris Green. The method of making this Green is as fol-
lows : Take of the blued flower-de-luces, which are called other-
wife flagiris; ftrip off the upper or fattin part of them, and keep
only that; the reft is not good for any ufe in painting, and pick
even all the little yellow nerves, and throw them away too ; then
pound what you have thus picked in a mortar, throwing three
or four fpoonfuls of water upon it, according to the quantity of
flowers you pound ; but you mud firft have diffolved in this wa-
ter a little alum, and a very little gum arabic; and, having
pounded them well together, {train all through aclofe cloth, and
put this juice into (hells, which dry in the air.
Pound alum, and, having bruifed French or Avignon berries,
mix them with water, and boil them either over a fire or an afh-
heat, till the water becomes very yellow ; then pound the flower-
de-luces in a mortar, and pour a little of this yellow water upon
them, according as you would have your Green, either bright
or fad ; then ftrain it through a cloth of goat's hair, for, if it
were pa ffed through linen, it would not be fo good ; and put
the juice fo drained into large fhells, and expofe them to all the
heat of the fun ; for, if they are fet in the fhade, the Green will
become mouldy, or mothery, and prove too clammy.
To make bladder Green. Pound the berries of the bramble
called rhamnus, in a mortar, and fprinkle upon them a little
powdered alum ; then prefs or fqueefe out thejuice, and put it up
in a bladder, which tie clofe, and leave it to dry till the Green
is grown hard.
Green, for tincturing and painting on glafs. See GLASS,
Green, to dye.
I. To dye an olive Green. Take clear bran liquors, but ftale,
a fufficient quantity, alum three pounds, logwood ground one
pound; boil, and enter twenty yards of broad-cloth ; boil two
hours and an half, cool, and wafh it well. Take clear water a
fufficient quantity, heddar, commonly called linge, heath ltra-
vel, or fuftic, as much as may make twenty yards of broad-cloth
Green ; then take water a fufficient quantity, fuftic a pound ;
cruft madder, nut-galls, fumach, of each four ounces ; boil, en-
ter your cloth, handle it well ; boil it an hour and a half, and
fo cool; add copperas four ounces, and enter your cloth again ;
boil half an hour; if you would have it fadder, put in more cop-
perns.
II. To dye a popinjay Green. Take water a fufficient quan -
tity, alum, two pounds; logwood ground, eight ounces j boil,
and enter twenty yards of broad-cloth ; boil three hours, and
make it a bright yellow; then draw it through a cold vat, and
then wafh it. i
III. To dye a fea Green. Firft make it a fad blue, then take
3 , water4