When it came to painting the arches we pendu- 

 lumed between green and white, then settled at last on 

 a compromise between the two; we desired a color 

 which would be starred at night yet not be glaring 

 during the day, and one that would harmonize with 

 white, pink, yellow and red roses ; so we selected a 

 soft gray green, exactly the shade of the poplar tree 

 trunk, a color that sank into the landscape, yet 

 gleamed in the moonlight. 



In designing the fan trellises, a sudden exuberance 

 of feeling caused my pencil to make an extra flourish 

 and the accident produced such a happy effect I 

 hailed it as the permanent. Consequently instead of 

 a conventional fan shape of equal proportions, our 

 fans have an almost vertical effect on one side and 

 curve almost to the ground on the other. These were 

 painted the same tone as the arches. 



The cost of arches and trellises was as follows : 



Material for 3 arches $ 2.85 



Material for 4 trellises 2.66 



Setting and painting 7.45 



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