Tho rale-green cornntion which is to ha seen in tho fiWor-'hops of Paris, und is occasionally worn in London, is a while carnation dyed by plunging the stem in an aqueous solution of the anilinn dyo called malachite green. The dye ascend* to the i)otnln by eayillary attraction, iind at tho end of 12 liouis' they are woll tinged with are*n. A longer immersion deepens the tint. Wbito lilac becomes green in the same way. Niirnianus, lilies, and other white flowers are coloured by thn process, whioh in facilitated by slitting the outside of the stem with a knife, to allow the liquid to entpr. M. GastonTi«-"»mli~r finds that white lilacs bocome red after their stems hare been steeped for 12 hours in a solution of cosine. Jlethy/ino blue gives blue lilacs, and coloured flowers, such aa jonquils or vioWa. nro ohauged in oolour by a solution of malachite gieen.
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Bush Advocate, Volume VII, Issue 647, 9 July 1892, Page 5
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