the concentration camps, and at the very border of the front. They 
will also lecture throughout France. 
M. Lucien Chaure, who has reached the military age limit, has 
offered his services to the Ministry of Agriculture. He has been 
given supervision of the 78 committees who are organizing vegetable 
gardens on uncultivated lands in the Municipalities of the Seine. 
In Paris, the fortifications have been divided into workingmen's 
gardens. Ten thousand allotments have been made, and there are 
demands for three times as many. 
In February a Conference of the Mayors of towns about Paris 
was held, and as a result committees have been appointed to secure 
the use of and distribute idle lands. 
Many municipalities are planting city lands with food crops, and 
parks and public gardens are being plowed for practical use. Last 
year, the city of Rennes harvested forty tons of potatoes, and this year 
the lawns and parterres of its famous Jardin publique du Thabor are 
to be planted with vegetables. 
The supervisors and teachers of the schools and colleges of Paris 
have organized "La Ligue pour le Retour a la Terre" which en- 
courages not only the care of small allotments, but also undertakes 
to furnish from among the school children of Paris, hand workers for 
agriculturists and farmers. 
The Ministry of Agriculture has also organized in Paris, under the 
direction of M. Lemaresquier, a special service of pupils' hand- work: 
Twenty-five hectares (about 60 acres) of the park at Bagatelle, and 
large tracts on the He des Puteaux have been given over to this 
organization. Every educational establishment has its square. 
Several schools of Horticulture and Agriculture for women have 
been opened in various parts of France, the first, L'Ecole de Brie- 
Comte Robert, Seine-et-Marne. There are others at Clamant and 
Bourg la Reine. Practical courses in fruit growing have begun on 
lands loaned by the Museum of Natural History. 
The Jardinieres de la Croix-Rouge are placing gardens at the 
disposition of discharged soldiers, as are other private organizations. 
Addresses of some of the larger organizations follow: 
Jardin-Ouvriers de Paris (founded by Abbe Lemire) rue de 
Varenne. 
Ligue du Coin de terre et du foyer. (A committee in each ar- 
rondissement). 
Jardinieres de la Croix-Rouge, Clignancourt, Paris. 
Ligue pour le retour a la Terre, 15 rue de la Ville-L'Eveque, Paris. 
L'Union pour l'Enseignement agricole et horticole feminin, 43 
rue Claude Bernard, Paris. 
