POSITION AND PLAN 27 
the eatable plants. Even the tiny garden of 
the suburban home has room for several of 
the choicest of these; and, with its house on 
the north so that sunlight and protection are as- 
sured, and the largest area possible is available 
for cultivation, there is not a single reason for 
failure to round out a useful as well as a 
beautiful garden. 
Abandoning once and for all then the wrong 
ideal which sees in the suburban home a coun- 
try home in miniature, as well as the wrong 
idea which regards it as impossible of im- 
provement from its barrenness; and taking all 
the points which have been covered into con- 
sideration, balancing one against the other, it 
seems to me that we may almost declare it as 
an axiom that its highest beauty will certainly 
be achieved only when a sane utilitarian spirit 
is suffered to guide; when efficiency leads and 
beauty follows after to adorn. Neither need 
be sacrificed in the least degree, if their rela- 
tionship is understood and kept true. 
