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THE WAR GARDEN VICTORIOUS 



logging camps of Louisiana, in irrigated plots among 

 the arid sands of New Mexico, in the rugged iron lands 

 of Minnesota, and on the open, fertile stretches of 



the Middle West. Even 

 the lighthouse-keeper at 

 Santa Cruz, California, 

 planted a little garden 

 under the shadow of his 

 protecting shaft. From 

 coast to coast, and from 

 lake to gulf, little areas 

 that had been barren as 

 the desert suddenly blos- 

 Victory gardens produce dollars somed like the rosc. Be- 

 hind each of these innumerable gardens was a heart 

 animated by the desire to serve God and country. 



When the National ^f^ 

 War Garden Commission ^^ ^ 

 sent forth the slogan 

 "Plan to Plant and Win ^ 

 the War," the majority /(? 

 of gardens started in re- : 

 sponse were of the indi- 

 vidual type. Like stars 

 in a mighty flag, they dot- 

 ted the rolling landscape 

 from ocean to ocean. 

 There were few town and village homes that did not have 

 some space available for war gardening. Even in densely 

 populated cities, a goodly proportion of the inhabi- 



There is no distinctive type of victory 

 gardener 



