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duced in newspapers and magazines and thus scattered 

 tiiroughout the length and breadth of the land. Many 

 were even sent to foreign lands in answer to requests 

 for help in stimulating gardening. 



These posters were the work of artists of national 

 reputation. One of the posters, most beautiful in its 

 richness of coloring and most striking in its patriotic 

 appeal, was drawn by James Montgomery Flagg. It 

 was entitled: "Sow the Seeds of Victory." At the bot- 

 tom it bore another of the slogans of the Commission: 

 "Every Garden a A/funition Plant." This poster 

 without doubt was a powerful influence in persuading 

 many an American citizen to get into his back yard 

 and help grow some of the "ammunition" needed in 

 fighting the enemy. Another poster, by Frank V. Du 

 Mond, showed the Goddess of Victory. Maginel 

 Wright Enright created two striking posters for the 

 Commission. They were entitled: "War Gardens 

 Over the Top," and "War Gardens Victorious." 



One of the posters used by the Commission in arous- 

 ing the war gardeners of the country to the importance 

 of conserving vegetables for future use, was popularly 

 known as the "Can the Kaiser" poster. Most appro- 

 priately this famous poster was the work of a Belgian, 

 J. Paul Verrees, a soldier-artist, who was wounded in 

 one of the early battles of the war while helping to 

 defend his country, and who, incapacitated for further 

 military service, later came to the United States to 

 follow his profession. 



One of the most inspiring and satisfactory features 



