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here, as every bit of sunny space was wanted 
for practical use. A seat by the sun dial may 
furnish a resting spot without shading any of 
the precious fruit space along the north east 
wall as an arbor would have done. Yet a tiny 
gazebo on this wall at the end of the walk 
would not use up much space nor sunlight if 
one very much wished to have it. Personally 
I am always in favor of some out-in-the-gar- 
den shelter, but for those who do not feel that 
such a feature is absolutely essential to their 
happiness, it is perhaps as well to omit it on a 
small place — for it is likely not to be used, 
where there is no enthusiasm for it. 
The planting of this place is of the highest 
economic efficiency, as the key shows. And it 
may be truthfully said that at least fifty per 
cent, of this efficiency is made possible by the 
wall whereon the fruits are growing. Every 
inch of this which is open toward the south 
is covered with these, and even the rear wall, 
which is reached only by the overhead and 
western sun, has been planted experimentally. 
No special drying yard or space for clothes is 
necessary as a clothes reel is used which fits into 
a socket that is buried in a secondary path of 
the rear garden. This folds up and puts 
away in the laundry between times. So the 
