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From Cooley's Cyclopaedia of Practical Receipts 6th ed. (1880), p.762 (image 775):

The unripe berries or fruit of the Rhamnus infectorius. They are imported from France and Persia; those from the latter country being esteemed the best. Some writers state that the Persian berries are the product of a distinct species, namely, R. amydalinus. They are chiefly used for dyeing morocco leather yellow. Their decoction dyes cloth, previously mordanted with alum, tartar, or protochloride of tin, of a yellow colour; with sulphate of copper, an olive; and with red sulphate of iron, an olive-green colour.

I assume the amydalinus is a printing error for amygdalinus, though Rhamnus doesn't list anything by either name. Hv (talk) 16:08, 12 February 2008 (UTC)Reply

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