Take good new scarlet wool cuttings, and spirit of wine, or
lemon-juice, boil them in a well-glazed earthen pot, well stopped,
till the liquid has charged itself with all the colour of the
scarlet, strain the dye through a cloth, and all the colour
therefrom; boil it afterwards in a little arabic water, till the
colour becomes very deep. The proportion of materials is, to half a
pound of scarlet cuttings, a quarter of a pint of spirit of wine,
and a sufficient quantity of water to assist the soaking. Then, in
the colour extracted, put a piece of gum arabic, of the size of a
filbert: next steep some cotton in the colour, and wet some sheets of
paper with the dye, which repeat several times, as often as they are
dry, and you will find them sufficiently charged with rouge for use.