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No. 
Name. 
Colours obtained. 
How used. 
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18 
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20 
21 
22 
Morinda bark ... 
Morinda umbellata. 
Maddi cliukka. (Vern. or Kan.) 
Popli stem - 
Ventilayo maderaspatana. 
Popli cbukka. (Vern. or Kan.) 
Myrobolan - 
Terminalia chebula. 
Alalakai. (Vern. or Kanarese.) 
Babool bark 
Acacia Arabien. 
Moogali chuckkay. (Ver. or Kan.) 
Indigo seeds 
Taroteke beenj. 
Tagasibeeja. (Vern. or Kanarese.) 
Annotto - 
Bixa orellana. 
Rangamalkai. (Vern. or Kan.) 
Cassia flowers 
Cassia auriculata. 
Auvarikay huvu. (Vern. or Kan.) 
Mara manjil - 
Coscinium fenestratum. 
Marada arashna. (Vern. or Kan.) 
Cochineal - 
Coccus cacti. 
Kiramanjihula. (Vern. or Kan.) 
Red ; the colour is dull, 
yet it is considered faster 
than thebrightercolours 
obtained from other sub- 
stanees. The best dye is 
procured from the bark 
of the roots of trees, 
three years old. 
Brown - 
Used with other stnffs to 
get yellow and black. 
Buff, fawn 
An adjunct for blue dye. 
Yellow. 
Blue 
Yellow. 
Red, scarlet. 
By boiling with milk hedge ashes. 
The bark of the root is used also for 
orange dye. With ehayroot it 
forms rieh choeolate colour, and 
with galls black. By boiling and 
steeping with or without alum. 
By maceration and boiling. These 
three kinds of myrabolans yield, 
with alum, a good durable yellow, 
and with salts of iron a black co 
lour. Commonly used for tanning 
purposes. 
By boiling. 
An adjunct for yellow dye. 
874. Turmeric. Curcuma longa. Indore. 
875. Aal. Morinda citrifolia. Indore. 
822. Turmeric. Curcuma longa, Berar. 
3,621. Aomla. Emblica officinalis. Oude. 
3,610. Turmeric. Curcuma longa. Oude. 
993. Kussoom. Carthamus tinctorius. Nagpur. 
Exhibited by Local Committee, Amritsar. 
3,475. Six specimens of dye stuffs used as physic by 
the natives. 
3,471. Am chur. Slices of unripe mango, dried ; tised 
as a mordant to brighten colour. 
3.493. Akalbir. Datisca cannabina. 
3.494. Maji. Cupressus sempervirens. 
3.495. Bojgand. Pistacia galls. 
3.496. Amla. Emblica officinalis. 
3.497. Akas bei. Cuscuta reflexa. 
3,499. Kamala, Rottlera tinctoria. 
3.472. Kusumba. Carthamus tinctorius. Kangra. 
3.473. Kesu. Butea frondosa. Kangra. 
3.474. Toon. Cedrela toona. Kangra. 
Collection of Mineral and Organic Dyes. Exhibited 
by the Local Committee, Amritsar. 
3.443. Asbarg. Stalk of a species of Delphinium. 
3.444. Zangar. Sub-acetate of copper. 
3.445. Naspal (rind of pomegranite). Punica 
granatum. 
3.446. Guti harsing&r. Nyctanthes arhortristis. 
3.447. Guti kesu. Butea frondosa. 
3.448. Bakam. Caesalpinia sappan. 
3.449. Kusumba. Carthamus tinctorius. 
3.450. Main. Galls on tamarisk. 
3.451. Hartül (orpiment). Sulphate of arsenic.