THE WAR GARDEN VICTORIOUS 95 
Southwest to the cold mountain slopes of the North- 
east and from the rocky coasts of the north Atlantic 
to the sandy beaches of the Pacific, brought home to 
every one who saw them the idea that everywhere, in 
all sorts of places, people of all kinds were toiling to 
produce food. The moral, “Go and do likewise,” was 
too obvious to be missed. 
Whatever would attract attention to the need of 
gardening, or help the gardener with his work, or 
assist in putting to work the large areas of “slacker 
lands,” the Commission tried to portray by word or 
picture in the pages of the daily press, the weekly 
magazines, and the periodicals of less frequent publica- 
tion. It stood ready to furnish, and did furnish, garden- 
ing and conservation matter of any sort to any one who 
requested it. Service was the motto of the Commission, 
andthat service was well repaid in the splendid response 
of the American people to the appeal for gardens. 
