by steeping the cotton in a bath of 8 lb.
Solid green O, 6-3/4 gallons water, 1-1/2 gallons ammonia and 2 lb.
acetate of chrome; dry, then pass through a soap-bath, wash and dry.
_Deep Olive Brown._--Mix 8 lb. Solid green O and 4-1/2 lb. borax with 6
gallons water, add 1/2 lb. Turkey-red oil, 5 lb. ammonia, then 2 gallons
water and 1-1/2 lb. copper-soda solution and another 2 gallons water.
Steep the cotton in this, dry, soap well and wash. The copper-soda
solution is made from 10 lb. chloride of copper (75 deg. Tw.), 5 lb.
tartaric acid, 12 lb. caustic soda (75 deg. Tw.) and 4 lb. glycerine.
_Khaki._--Make the dye liquor from 14 lb. Solid green O, 1/2 lb.
Alizarine yellow N, 1 lb. caustic soda (36 deg. Tw.), 1/2 lb. Turkey-red oil
and 8 gallons water. To this add 2-1/2 lb. acetate of chrome (32 deg. Tw.),
2-1/4 lb. copper-soda solution and 4 gallons water.
_Sage Green._--Use 1-1/4 lb. Solid green O, 3 lb. caustic soda (36 deg.
Tw.), 1/2 lb. Ceruleine, 1/2 lb. Turkey-red oil, 1 gallon water to which
is added 2-1/2 lb. acetate of chrome (32 deg. Tw.) and 2-1/4 lb. copper-soda
solution dissolved in 4 gallons water.
_Pale Brown._--Use 4 lb. Solid green O, 2-1/2 lb. borax, 3 lb. ammonia,
1/2 lb. Turkey-red oil, 6 gallons of water and 1-1/2 lb. copper-soda
solution dissolved in 2 gallons water.
_Pale Fawn Brown._--The dye-bath is made from 1/2 lb. Alizarine, 1-1/4
lb. Solid green O, 1-1/2 lb. borax, 1/2 lb. Turkey-red oil and 5 gallons
of water to which is added 1-1/2 lb. acetate of chrome (32 deg. Tw.), 1-1/2
lb. copper-soda solution and 4 gallons water. In all cases the cotton is
steeped in the dye liquors until thoroughly impregnated, then the excess
liquor is wrung out, the cotton dried, then passed through a soap bath,
washed well and dried.
_Dark Brown._--Place the cotton in a lukewarm bath of 25 lb. cutch and
1-1/2 lb. copper sulphate; work for half an hour, then steep for six
hours, then lift, wring and enter into a bath of 3-1/4 lb. bichromate of
potash at 160 deg. F. for twenty minutes. Then wash and dry.
_Yellow Brown._--Make a bath with 14 lb. cutch and 1/2 lb. copper
sulphate; work in this bath for four hours at 120 deg. F., then pass into a
bath of 2 lb. copperas and 1/2 lb. chalk, work for half an hour in the
cold, then pass into a hot bath of 2-1/2 lb. bichromate of potash at
150 deg. F. for half an hour.
_Dark Brown._--Make a dye-bath with 15 lb. cutch, 2 lb. logwood extract
and 2 lb. fustic
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