SECT. XI.—PLANTS USEFUL IN DYEING.

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597. SERRATULA tiuctoria. Saw-Wort -----The whole herb pro-duces a yellow tincture.

598. SENECIO Jacobxa. Ragwort. —The roots, stalks, and leave?,before the flowering season, give out a green colour which can he fixedc « wool.

599. STACHYSsi//»ahVa. Hedge-Horehoukd. —The whole herb is'aid to dye a yellow colour.

fiHO. THALlCTRUM/ZawKm. Yellow Meadow-Roe. —The rootsa n<l leaves both give out a fine yellow colour.

601. THAPS1A *illosa. Deadly Carrot. —The umbels are em-Ployed by the Spanish peasants to dye yellow.

602. TORMENTILLA erecla. Erect Tormeniil. —This root is red',s nd might probably be usefully employed.

603. TRIFOLIUM pralense. Meadow-Clover. —The inhabitant!of Scania employ the heads to dye their woollen cloth green.

604. URTICA dioica. Nettle. —The roots of nettles are used todye ego's of a yellow colour against the feast of Easter by the religious°f the Greek church, as are also madder and logwood for the samePurpose.

605. XANTHIUM strumarium. Lesser Burdock. —The whole herb"it-h the fruit dyes a most beautiful yellow.

SectiokXU. — PLANTS USED IN RURAL(ECONOMY.

The following few plants are such as are used for domestic purposes*'uch do not fall under any of the foregoing heads, and I therefore"ave placed them together here.

606. CONFERVA.—This green thready substance has the powerof rendering foetid water sweet; for which purpose, when water isscarce, it is usually put into water-tubs and reservoirs.

607. COllYLUS Avtllana. Hazel Nut.— The young shoots of hazel