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Keep Them Growing 
By Mrs, O. W. Dynes 

The first line of defense lies in the efforts of our homes. 
The production of foods. 
- The preservation of our inherited plant material. 
The moral and spiritual uplift of beautiful gardens with a tendency 
to divert the mind from the sordidness now so prevalent to the joys 
and happiness that are inherent in things that grow and bloom. 
The comfort and courage extended through colorful, fragrant floral 
offerings to the sick and wounded, and those nearing the end of life’s 
journey. : 
“When structures fall that seemed so sure 
These are the things that will endure— 
The song of a bird, one shining hour, 
The fragrance of a wayside flower.” 
Nurserymen and seedsmen for hundreds of years have patiently 
toiled, despaired but worked on to introduce new varieties of fruits, 
- vegetables, grains, textile plants, bulbs, blooming plants, for the pres- 
_ervation and edification of the human race. These pioneers in the 
horticultural world merit our thoughtful patronage and support. 
The Garden Clubs are organized to preserve, conserve, and advance 
horticulture. They are also mentally and physically equipped to main- 
tain a dignified balance without fanfare. 
Every woman or man federated within our garden clubs will be 
willing and anxious to spend more time each day and more hours each 
day in this field of American defense. 
We may become the blessing in disguise to the smaller business 
man whose livelihood would be greatly affected but for our patronage; 
the seedsmen, nurserymen, the manufacturer of garden tools, garden 
implements, and garden furniture, the pottery manufacturer, chemical 
companies producing plant foods, fertilizer companies. 
Quite aside from our moral obligation to our plant ancestors and 
the plantsmen of the current period, will be our obligation to those seek- 
ing the relaxation and peace found only within the environs of a garden 
setting. 
By permission of the author and GARDEN GLORIES, Bae 
of The Garden Club of Illinois, Inc. 
