ROOTS OF A RED COLOUR.

The Guaranies in marshy places dig up roots called yzipò with a dusky

surface, which they use to dye woollen, and cotton cloths of a dark red.

Whether this root be the _rubia_ of dyers I cannot venture to affirm,

for though that plant is cultivated in Austria, I never happened to see

it.

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