attern or natural flower. For the small flowers the calyx is made
with paste. Cover the stems with paper or silk the same as the
flowers; the paper must be cut in narrow strips, about a quarter of an
inch wide.

2513. Pastes of Calyx, Hearts, and Buds of Flowers.

Take common white starch and mix it with gum water until it is the
substance of thick treacle; colour it with the dyes used for the
feathers, and keep it from the air.

2514. To make the Farina.

Use common ground rice, mixed into a stiff paste with any dye; dry it
before the fire, and when quite hard, pound it to a fine powder. The
buds, berries, and hearts of some double flowers are made with cotton
wool, wound around wire, moulded to the shape with thumb and finger.
Smooth it over with gum water, and when dry, cover the buds, berries,
or calyx with the proper coloured pastes; they will require one or two
coats, and may be shaded with a little paint, and then gummed and left
to dry.

2515. Flowers of Two or More Shades.

Flowers of two or more shades are variegated with water colours, mixed
with lemon juice, ultramarine and chrome for blue; and to produce
other effects, gold may also be used in powder, mixed with lemon juice
and gum water.

2516. To Dye Feathers Blue.

Into two pennyworth of oil of vitriol mix two pennyworth of the best
indigo in powder; let it stand a day or two; when wanted shake it
well, and into a quart of boiling water put one tablespoonful of the
liquid. Stir it well, put the feathers in, and let them simmer a few
minutes.

2517. Yellow.

Put a tablespoonful of the best turmeric into a quart of boiling
water; when well mixed put in the feathers. More or less of the
turmeric will give them different shades, and a very small quantity of
soda will give them an orange hue.

2518. Green.

Mix the indigo liquid with turmeric, and pour boiling water over it;
let the feathers simmer in the dye until they have acquired the shade
you want them.

2519. Pink.

Three good pink saucers in a quart of boiling water, with a small
quantity of cream of tartar. If a deep colour is required, use four
saucers. Let the feathers remain in the dye several hours.

2520. Red.

In a quart of boiling water dissolve a teaspoonful of cream of tartar;
put in one tablespoonful of prepared cochineal, and then a few drops
of muriate of tin. This dye is expensiv