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certainly none that has the appearance of a tryst- 

 ing tree, which is always of a peculiar and easily- 

 recognisable shape. Leafy June would do, had I 

 not been so unwise as to employ Burnt Sienna 

 rather generously, which has made the foliage 

 decidedly autumnal, wherefore I wish the purple 

 which I have put in the foreground to be taken for 

 heather in full bloom. And there is no Work- 

 house in the whole composition. 



Again, the least imaginative artists simply give 

 to their pictures the names of the places they 

 represent, so 



No. 51. WUGFRID WESTONHAUGH. 



Clapham Common, from the Bandstand. 



But this is mere label- writing ill fitting an artist. 

 I can do as much every time I write an address 

 for the harp in the harp-case. A beautiful water- 

 colour is worthy of a better description. But 

 what ? But what ? 



A Large Number of Trees suggests itself to me. 



This is, I think, a new line in titles. It has the 

 merit, moreover, of giving the beholder a hint, 

 which perhaps, now that I look at the thing again, 

 may be of service to him or her. 



This is a good idea. It provides me with an 

 unfailing principle in my choice of titles, and it 



