Silk in its raw state, as spun by the worm, is either white or yellow of various shades, and is covered with a varnish, which gives it stiffness and a degree of elasticity.
A beautiful mineral or gem, of moderate price, usually of a green colour of various shades, passing into honey-yellow and sky blue.
It dyes wool of a fast brown of various shades, according to the quantity employed.
Various shades of yellow may be produced by tinging a weak alcoholic solution of shell-lac or mastic, by digesting turmeric, annotta, saffron, or socotrine aloes in it.
It may be tinged ofvarious shades by the addition of the proper 'stains.
The under surface, though by no means brilliant, exhibits a rich blending of various shades of brown.
Both sides are prettily marked with various shades of brown and buff, and adorned with white-centred dark eye-spots which have earned for it the name of Argus.
The pileus is corky, leathery shells, with the upper surface marked with rough zones of various shades of brown; margin yellowish.
The abdomen is brown of various shades, with light markings on the front part that are often bright red or yellow.
They are all about the same size, a third of an inch in length, and of various shades of brown, with a distinct scalloped middle stripe on the abdomen.
Various shades of orange, yellow or yellow brown when old.
Five eggs are usually laid, green of various shades in ground colour, spotted and blotched with olive-brown and gray.
The four eggs are buff of various shades, or pale olive, spotted and blotched with amber and blackish-brown, pale brown and gray.
The varnish is quite distinct from that of Cremona; it is very transparent, and of various shades, chiefly yellow.
The Venetian is also of various shades, chiefly light red, and exceedingly transparent.
You may have raven grey, or duns of various shades, by boiling with the logwood a small quantity of alum and copperas.
Various shades of green are procured by combining the first or second yellow with the darkest blue.
Various shades of lilac and peach colours are produced by a careful admixture of the bright crimson, middle blue, and white.
The buds are made of solid wax; some green, others orange; and painted with the rich brown in various shades.
Russelliana, or Scarlet Grevillia, blooms in large clusters of a rich, dark lake, changing tovarious shades of red and lilac, so that the cluster presents a curious diversity of hue.
The colors of its flowers are copper and yellow in various shades.
Its color is olivaceous, or green of various shades on the head and back, with silvery or greenish sides, and silvery white belly.
The color is of various shades of olive-green, with brassy or coppery reflection, more or less mottled with black, forming broken and indistinct lines along the sides.
The general color, however, is greenish of various shades, always darker on the back, and paling to white or whitish on the belly.
The ground color is a pale bluish or greenish white and the markings are various shades of brown and black.
They are of various shades of color from a light drab to a brownish, and are spotted with brownish and black.
The eggs have a creamy ground and are sprinkled with dots and blotches of various shades of brown.
The two eggs have an olive greenish or brownish ground and are marked with various shades of brown and black.
It is for the most part of various shades of blue and green, but these shades seem to be due to copper rather than to iron; at least we do not meet with the well-known olive greens derived from the latter metal.
The metal itself is of a primitive type, of various shades of green and bluish-green.
Favourite herbaceous plants, generally of various shades of blue and purple, white, and sometimes bright orange.
Vigorous herbaceous plants, with large and splendid flowers of various shades of crimson, rosy–crimson, and white, well calculated for producing the finest effects in the wild garden.
A numerous race of beautiful dwarf mountain plants, with flowers mostly of various shades of rose, sometimes sporting into other colours in cultivation.
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