COLOUR 
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that of Wagner on the music of the last, 
painted his large pictures, designed to cover 
walls of various halls of Justice, on a most 
unusual plan. When looked at from a distance, 
they gave an impression of colour never 
equalled ; but when looked at close to, he 
would point out to you that, where he desired 
to get green, he painted lines (unevenly) of 
blue and yellow, or pure colours, giving an 
extraordinary vivid effect when seen at a 
distance. His own eyes, which projected in 
a very remarkable fashion, could get the desired 
effect when quite close to the painting. The 
right sense of colour is greatly a matter of 
education. It may be inborn, but it is gener- 
ally achieved unconsciously, by the association, 
perhaps only in childhood, with good pictures 
or harmoniously dressed women. 
Should the gardener, whom this is designed 
to help, not own a sense of colour, let him 
take a plan, carefully thought out by one who 
not only has this sense, but also knows how to 
express it, and let him plant his border from 
that. Then, as time goes on and his eye 
becomes educated to the right use of colour, 
he can embark on new schemes of his own 
invention. He will find that it is best to get 
his reds in different strengths of tone, shading 
