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209&#93; D Y I , fa the different trials he thus with wool, the resplt did not give him the l Rich. III. c. 4, all ■ both the cloth and the list, on pain of for- feiture. — By the 3 and 4 Bdw. VI. . If any cloth be dyed with archil, or with Brazil-wood, with intent to tinge either wool or cloth with a false colour, a fine of 20-;. is thereby incurred. — Dyers are • 1, by the 23 Eliz. c. 9, to aifix. a seal of lead to cloths, with the letter M, to shew that they are well maddered, or, in de- fault thereof, they are liable to pay a fine of 3s. 4d. And if they use logwood in dyeing, they incur a fineof20l. Severe penalties are also imposed by the 13 Geo. I. c. 24, on dyers who do not dye cloths throughout with woad, in- digo, and madder, or who omit to put marks to the cloth dyed. Among the latest publications that have appeared on this subject, we shall mention only the Art of Dyeing, translated from the French of Bertkollet, by Mr. Hamil- ton (2 vols. Svo. 12s.) published about the year ] JQ3 : and Mr. Haigh'.s Dyer's Guide, (l2mo. 3s. 6d.) — For an account of the different methods of dyeing parti- cular substances, we refer the reader to the articles, Bones, Hats, Leather, Marble, Paper, Wood, &c. BYERS-GREEN-WEED, or Wo op- wax en, Genista tint L. is an indigenous plant, gr< in pastures, and on the borders of corn-fie.ds. It produces yellow flowers, which blow in the month of July or August, and are suc- ceeded by numerous seeds. This herb is eaten by horses, tows, sheep, and goats : — the fiow- >'©, VI. ■VOL. II| £>Y [209 How colour, which , for dye- yields the fine yellow lacker of painters, by boiling the stalks and j In lime-water, and a] placing the clarified decocYion over the tire, with chalk and alum. A dram and a half of the seeds* when pulverized, operate as a mild purgative. A di co6tion of the whole planl is said to be diuretic* and has been given with success in cases of dropsy. DYERS'- WEED, or Yellow- weed, Reseda luteold, L. an indi- is annual plant, growing in meadows, pastures, on walls, and barren uncultivated spots, particu- larly on the rubbish thrown out of coal-pits. It has a cylindrical, hol- lo. , furrowed stem, and produces yellow flowers, which blow in the month of June or July. This plant is not relished by cattle, few eat- ing it, except sheep, which some- times browse it a little. The dyers'- weed imparts a most b v.utiful yellow colour to wool, cotton, mohair, sil ', and linen, and is principally used by dyers for that purpose, as it affords the brightest dye. A decoction of this plant also communicates a green colour to blue cloths, and consti- tutes the basis of Dutch pink. The tinging properties reside in the stems and roots, which should be cultivated in sandy situations: be- cause rich soils render the stalks hollow, which consequently do not impart so delicate a colouring mat- ter. As the durability and bright- ness of the colours obtained from this plant greatly depend on the circumstance, whether a just pro- portion of alum and cream of tar- tar have been used for the lye, in preparing the goods before they are J? dyed,