A GARDEN GATE AND 

 TRELLIS SCREEN 



♦DE SIGNED »^_ JACJC-MANLEY-ROSE- 



THERE is no time like the present — 

 and to be forehanded in the matter 

 of garden embellishment is becom- 

 ing a fixed rule of late. Sites are 

 graded, grass planted, shrubs and 

 trees set out, gates and screens and 

 pergolas constructed even before 

 the architect has finished cutting 

 down the plans of the house to 

 conform with the greatest amount 

 you dare to think you can expend. 

 And yet there is an indescribable 

 pleasure in taking your own sweet 

 time about these accessories; in 

 shaping for yourself, as the seasons 

 suggest your needs, the layout of 

 your grounds. 



Lattice screens and garden gates 

 are among the practical requisites, 

 and there is hardly a garden but 

 gains an added charm by their 

 erection. Paths that lead you to 

 a painted gate seem worth following through 

 and the vista in the distance is marked 

 and accentuated by the use of a lattice 

 screen. A gate through a hedge or in a 

 paling fence has all the old-time feeling of 

 back gardens. It suggests not only the 

 division of one part 

 of the place from 

 another; the flower 

 beds from the kit- 

 chen yard, or the 

 vegetable plot from 

 the tiny orchard, 

 but accents the end 

 of certain beauties, 

 and winningly in- 

 vites you to pro- 

 ceed to those be- 

 yond. To almost every one a garden gate 

 is an irresistible thing; your hand itches 

 to be on the latch, and your mind reverts to 

 the heavy drag of the iron ball and chain 

 you pushed your slender weight against to 

 open the wonderful gates of your childhood's 

 recollection. 



Not by the artful 

 massing of trees and 

 shrubs and flowers 

 alone, is a real gar- 

 den obtained. 

 There is a construc- 

 tive scheme back of 

 it; a careful planning 

 of the trellises that 

 vines will ramble on, 

 a bit of forethought 

 in the design of the 

 gates that you erect. 



There are gates 

 and gates; the dur- 

 able, the simple, the 

 charming, the elabo- 



rate, and the fantastic: but the gate best 

 loved is the gate that takes its keynote from 

 the first three mentioned; a thing of dur- 

 ability, simplicity, and charm. Straight 



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forward carpentery is all that is needed to 

 construct gates of this character. The ac- 

 companying illustrations and the plans 

 show a design that any man can follow to 

 advantage. In practical explanation a 

 few words may be added, as a guide. 



Ten foot posts of hemlock or 

 chestnut, six inches square, sup- 

 port the three-piece arch of oak 

 which consists of half wagon 

 wheels without spoke holes. 

 These arches are crossed by seven 

 pieces of i" x 2" pine, forming a 

 hold for vines. An extended 

 cross bracket of 2" x 3" pine, 

 relieved by ornamental ends, 

 rests on the cap and supports the 

 arch as shown in the drawing. 

 The post caps are constructed of a piece 

 of It" x 10" white pine cut square for the 



runs contrary to the direction of the bracket 



which, when firmly nailed, will prevent 



any tendency toward warping. 

 The posts are flanked by trellis work, the 

 slats being spaced to match the 

 gate. 



The gate itself is of dressed 

 white pine or cypress, the head 

 pieces of 2" x 3" and the slats 

 and brace of 1" x 2" stock and 

 is held shut by a spiral spring with 

 adjustable tension and hung by 

 "T" hinges. The gate latch is an 

 old fashioned pattern with hand 

 lever, mortised through the head. 

 If you have an outlook to cut 

 off, a drying yard to enclose, or a 

 bit of back porch to screen, do it 

 instantly and effectively with the 

 use of a trellis screen. Then by 

 no means consider the work com- 

 plete. Here is just the place for 

 roses, for sweet 



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top member, below which is a one inch ogee. 

 It can be a half round or ogee of \" stock. 

 The cap should be placed so that the grain 



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such a massy green background for a flower 

 bed. The grape vines can be trained to 

 spread out on the big square mesh, and 

 even the homely bean, if space and utility 

 demand it, will gratefully accept a foothold 

 here to higher things. As an effective 

 screen in itself, and combining the extra 

 good qualities of fur- 

 nishing background 

 and support for 

 growth, nothing can 

 excel the trellis. Its 

 simple and rapid con- 

 struction alone, well 

 recommend it, and 

 place it within the 

 reach of every one 

 who owns a garden. 

 The screen shown 

 in the photograph 

 is used to shield 

 the drying yard 

 from too great pro- 

 minence, and serves 

 at the same time 

 as a trellis for the 



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