Salmon, William: Polygraphice: Or, The Arts of Drawing, Engraving, Etching, Limning, Painting, Washing, Varnishing, Gilding, Colouring, Dying, Beautifying and Perfuming: In Four Books ... To which is added A Discourse of Perspective and Chiromancy (London, 1675)

Chap.27- Os Vigetable Colours. 181
glorious purple colour: and so accordingly as the
quantity is either diminished or encreased, so the pur-
ple colour (hall be either lighter or deeper.
XIV. A few Grains of Cocbenele being mixed with
the Lixivium of Quick-lime in a due proportion,
makes a faiding purple colour, of the greatest glory
imaginable in the world.
XV. The juyce of privet berries with spirit os Salt,
is turned into a lovely red : but with a strong solution
of pot-assies into a delightful green.
XVI. Upon things red by nature, as Syrup of
Clovegillissowers, juyce of Buckthorn berries, infusion
of red Roses, Brazil, ch:. Spirit of Salt makes no con-
siderable change, but rather a lighter red: but other
salts turn them into a greenish > especially juyce os
buckthorn berries.
XVII. Juyce ofjasmin and snow drops,by a strong
alcalizate solution, was salthoughof no colour J turn-
ed into a deep greenish yellow.
XVIII. Buckthorn berries being gathered green and
dried, are called Sap-berries, which being infused in
Alom-water gives a sair yellow ( which is used by Book^
binders sor the edges of their Books, and to colour Leather
alfo: J being gathered when they are black3 they are
called Sap-greeny and make a green colour being put
into a Brass or Copper vessel for three or four days»or
a little heated upon the fire, and mixed with Alom in
powder, and presTed forthi so put into bladders hang-
ing it up till it is dry : and being gathered about the
end of November, ( when they are ready to drop) they
yield a purplim colour.
XIX. Tincture oiCocbemle, diluted never so much
with sair water, will never yield a yellow colour :a
(Ingle drop os a deep solution in spirit oi Urine, dilu-
ted in an ounce os sair water, makts a sair Pink, or
Carnation. XX. 0^1