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THIS booklet, which has been drawn up by M. Georges Truffaut, Director-General of Army Gardens on the French Front, is a very interesting record of a remarkable piece of work, which has been of immense service to the armies in France. During the past two years 7000 vegetable gardens have been established in the actual war zone behind the French front, and, in addition, large national nurseries for vegetable plants have been formed at Versailles. Fifty-six other nurseries for raising seedling vegetables for gardens near the front have also been established, and during 1918 some 200,000,000 seedling vegetables were distributed. Tables of vegetable rationing and full details of the cultivation and cropping of the gardens are given, also particulars as to the arrangement of the gardens, manuring, and other cultural matters.
Army Gardens in France, Belgium, and Occupied German Territory. Their Making and Management, with Plans and Directions suited to the Garden Service of the British and American Expeditionary Forces.
By Georges Truffaut, with the collaboration of Helen Colt. Pp. 65. (Versailles: Åuvre des Pépinières Nationales du Touring-Club de France, 1919.)
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Army Gardens in France, Belgium, and Occupied German Territory Their Making and Management, with Plans and Directions suited to the Garden Service of the British and American Expeditionary Forces . Nature 103, 343 (1919). https://doi.org/10.1038/103343b0
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