. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany. Botany; Botany, Economic. COLORING MATTERS 291 and is collected in hollow joints of bamboo. In these it hardens into cylinders, which, after they are removed for export, are found to bear the marks of the curious receptacle. Gamboge mixes readily with water, and largely dissolves in oils and in alcohol. For this reason as well as for its bright transparent yellow color it is highly valued by artists as a pigment. It is widely used also to impart a golden tinge to. Fig. 274.—Siamese GambogL-troe (Garcinia Hanburiji, Gamboge Family, Guitiferw).
. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany. Botany; Botany, Economic. COLORING MATTERS 291 and is collected in hollow joints of bamboo. In these it hardens into cylinders, which, after they are removed for export, are found to bear the marks of the curious receptacle. Gamboge mixes readily with water, and largely dissolves in oils and in alcohol. For this reason as well as for its bright transparent yellow color it is highly valued by artists as a pigment. It is widely used also to impart a golden tinge to. Fig. 274.—Siamese GambogL-troe (Garcinia Hanburiji, Gamboge Family, Guitiferw). Branch with pistillate flowers and fruit; a, pistillate flower; b, staminate flower; c, stamens; d, pistil surrounded by rudimentary stamens; e, pistil;/, same, cut vertically; g, ovary, cut across. (Baillon, Hanbury.)—Tree about 18 m. tall; leaves glossy; flowers yellowish; fruit cherry-like, reddish brown. Native home. Southern Asia. varnish intended for certain purposes, especially in lacquer for metal work. Indigo has been called the "King of Dyestuffs" in recogni- tion of the permanency and strength of its deep blue color, and the supremacy it has maintained over all rivals from the time of its first use in India thousands of years ago even to the present day, although an artificial indigo is now coming into use. Curiously enough the blue coloring matter is not present as such in indigo-plants. It is derived from a sub-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Sargent, Frederick Leroy, 1863-. New York, H. Holt and Company
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