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duced in newspapers and magazines and thus scattered 
throughout 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 Munition 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 
