10 YARD AND GARDEN 



such improvement, and, indeed, the argmnent 

 that is most frequently advanced, is the lack of 

 space. But it is not space that is wanting, but 

 — taste, temper and aspiration. Even in a 

 space that is not more than twenty feet square, 

 there is sufficient ground for an attractive gar- 

 den. 



How much more opportunity is there then 

 for that owner of a city lot of tlie usual size 

 upon which he has erected a liouse of the usual 

 dimensions? Instead of confining his efforts 

 to the making of a small garden he has, com- 

 paratively speaking, a vast domain at his dis- 

 posal. His lot, perhaps, is forty feet wide and 

 one hundred feet deep. His house at most oc- 

 cupies lialf of this; occasionally some other 

 building — a stable, a garage — ^may occupy a 

 few feet more, but, withal, he has remaining 

 six hundred, eight hundred or a thousand 

 square feet upon which to plant vines, and 

 shrubs, and trees, and flowers. By employing 

 to advantage this available space, he can con- 

 tribute to his own pleasure, to the pleasure of 

 his neighbors and of passers-by; he may set 

 a good example and he may materially increase 

 the value of his property. The latter is not 

 a matter of theory but a matter of fact. Nor 



