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five, flowers for the table and the neighbors, and from the street or 

 house windows has its interests and beauties all the year. As an in- 

 vestment it repays in cash a thousand times the yearly outlay in money 

 and time while the intangible returns cannot be shown by measure. 

 Extreme utility and beauty can be combined in the same lot. 



With small grounds, such as the 40 x 100 foot lot often available 

 for the suburban dweller, many of these fruits and vegetables must 

 be omitted, and preference given to those that require very little 

 room in proportion to the crop. I prefer that the house should be 

 near the street, and the area between house and street in lawn (Fig. 7). 

 A few fruiting shrubs, as Currants and Gooseberries, may be planted 



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Fig. 7. Adapting the small lot to a "utility plus beauty" basis of planting. Plenty 

 of flowers for ornament as well as things good to eat 



against two sides of the house. Shade will be afforded by the trees on 

 the street. A Grape vine will give shade and fruit over the rear porch, 

 and on a trellis along the east side of the house. Beneath the vine a 

 few Spring bulbs and such enduring herbs as German Iris and Phlox 

 will give a bit of flower garden. 



The remaining half of the lot is to be spaded yearly, but the 

 sides and rear are in permanent planting, as Asparagus, Strawberries, 

 Black Raspberries, etc. not Red Raspberries or Blackberries as they 

 spread underground too much for so small a place. Along the east 

 line three dwarf Apples (early, midseason and late) are all the orchard 

 fruit possible. Tomatoes on trellis or poles may be grown close to the 

 south wall of the -house. The 30 x 30 foot central area is planted in 

 north-south rows of salad vegetables, dwarf Beans and Peas, and 

 such other low growing vegetables as the family wishes." v 



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