DYEING Plants. The following is a list of the British plants which are, or possibly might be, useful in dyeing.
| Bark of buck-thorn, | Rhamnus catharticus. |
| berry-bearing alder, | — frangula. |
| berberry, | Berberis vulgaris. |
| plum-tree, | Prunus domestica. |
| apple-tree, | Pyrus malus. |
| Bark of horn-beam, | Carpinus betulus. |
| Root of meadow-rue, | Thalictrum flavum. |
| common nettle, | Urtica dioica. |
| Herb, saw-wort, | Serratula tinctoria. |
| bushy hawkweed, | Hieracium umbellatum. |
| hemp-agrimony, | Bidens tripartita. |
| gale, or Dutch myrtle, | Myrica gale. |
| sweet willow, | Salix pentandra. |
| birch-tree, | Betula alba. |
| hedge-nettle, | Stachys sylvatica. |
| spotted arsinart, | Polygonum persicaria. |
| Herb, yellow loosestrife, | Lysimachia vulgaris. |
| devil's-bit, | Scabiosa succisa. |
| kidney-vetch, | Anthyllis vulneraria. |
| common yellow liver-wort, | Lichen parietinus. |
| Flowers of St John's wort, | Hypericum perforatum. |
| REDS. | |
| Roots of ladies bedstraw, | Galium verum. |
| herb woodroof, | Asperula tinctoria. |
| forrel, | Rumex acetosa. |
| tormentil, | Tormentilla erecta. |
| purple cinquefoil, | Comarum patustre. |
| PURPLES. | |
| Herb, or tops of wild marjoram, | Origanum sylvestre. |
| BLUES. | |
| Bark of the ash, | Fraxinus excelsior. |
| Flowers of larkspur, | Delphinium consolida. |
| bell-flower, | Campanula rotundifolia. |
| Berries of black heath, | Empetrum nigrum. |
| GREENS. | |
| Herb of ragwort, | Senecio Jacobaea. |
| cow-weed, | Chorophyllum sylvestre. |
| Panicle of brome-grass, | Bromus secalinus. |
| common reed, | Arundo phragmites. |
| BLACKS. | |
| Bark of oak, | Quercus robur. |
| Water horehound, | Lycopus europaeus. |