i. Boil half a pound of logwood in three pints of water till it is

of a very dark red, add half an ounce of salt of tartar; stain the work with the liquor while _boiling hot_, giving three coats; then, with a painter's graining brush, form streaks with No. viii. _black stain_ (_see par_. 1430); let the work dry, and varnish.

ii. Brush over with the logwood decoction used for No. vi. _black_, three or four times; put half a pound of iron filings into two quarts of vinegar; then with a graining brush, or cane bruised at the end, apply the iron filing solution in the form required, and polish with bees'-wax and turpentine when dry, or varnish.

1439. Wood. _Yellow_.

i. Brush over with the tincture of turmeric.