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P. W. Grnce<br />
Familiar in the countryside of<br />
-the North and South in fall atid<br />
winter are the crimspn berry<br />
clu.s~&~s of the staghorh sumac<br />
IRhus fyphina). The,berries yiel’d<br />
a khaki dye.’ Bqjh bark and<br />
are rich in tannin. ‘..<br />
‘,<br />
. -\ ._ ‘.‘iis generally found on a variety of’trees in ” twigs and l&es in water from 12 t”o 18<br />
the mountain areas. This lichen is already ‘l~ours. Indigo is pH sensitive and may be C’<br />
well docunlented for the intense rust-red shifted to bluer colors with smaI1 addi- ’<br />
brown that it will give with boiling water’;.<br />
Lobtrric~ .\nay be collected in fair quantit?’<br />
also at higher elevations.<br />
tions of some alkali.<br />
6<br />
2 1 Other Dye <strong>Plant</strong>s<br />
‘Further south, in Florida, some of the<br />
‘gray crust&e lichens’on citrus trees will<br />
produce bright yellows equivalent to the<br />
yellows of Ewmia vdpina of the West.<br />
Elderberries (St~&$zv sPP*) are<br />
common throughout the South in wet<br />
places and along roadsides. The fruit will<br />
give soft blues and lavenders.<br />
Yellows n~ay be- had virtually every-<br />
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r<br />
where from th$ annuals; perennials, and<br />
the woody elements. of plants from b
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