HERB - dye plants

[sunshinegirl]

According to _Rodales's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Herbs_, it gets to five
feet tall when in flower.  It says to use the whole plant when in full
flower for dyeing. A line drawing in one of my other books seems to
indicate a tall, thin plant.  

btw, the colors are   Lemon Yellow,   Alum & Cream of Tartar
		      Golden Yellow,   Chrome
		      Orange Yellow,   After simmering 1/2 hour for lemon yellow, add
					cream of tartar and Tin
		      Olive Green	       After simmering 1/2 hour for lemon yellow, add
					cream of tartar and Iron

Melandra of the Woods

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> From: RAISYA at aol.com
> To: herbalist at Ansteorra.ORG
> Subject: Re: HERB - dye plants
> Date: Saturday, July 04, 1998 8:42 AM
> 
> Melandra,
> 
> Thanks, I'd thought it was the flowers that were used!  But does anyone
have
> any idea how big a weld plant gets?  The size of a radish plant or the
size of
> a basil bush? I'd need dozens of the one, only 2 or 3 of the other <G>.
> 
> Raisya


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