The new handmaid to arts, [electronic resource] : sciences, agriculture, &c. Containing 1. Monthly observations in the orchard, Kitchen and Flower Garden. 2. Observations in Husbandry. 3. The Art of Breeding and Managing Canary Birds, &c. 4. Complete Farriery, or Rules for the Management of Horses. 5. The Vermin Killer, containing Methods to prevent and destroy Bugs, Fleas, Lice, Pismires, Files, and all other Kinds of Vermin: also, the most rare, Secret how to catch Fish; and the method to make Bird-Lime. 6. The whole Art of Painting in Oil and Water Colours: also, the whole Art of Gilding with Gold and Silver, and mixing water colours, &c. 7. Directions for making of, Colours for divers purposes, in the Art of painting Prints with Water Colours. 8. The mystery of dying silks, Stuffs, Cloth, Thread, Nankeen, Turkey Red on Cotton and other Things. - To stain Wood, Horn, Bone, Leather, &c. of various Colours. To extract Lake, and other curious Colours from Flowers, Herbs, Seeds, &c. together with many curious Receipts to take Spots or Stains, Pitch, Tar, Rosin, Wax and Ironmoulds out of Silks, Stuffs, Linen or Woollen, and to recover faded Silks; with many other Things worthy of Note. To which are added, a curious collection of miscellaneous articles.