A year into WW1 and wanting to protect the industry from "irreparable loss", The Gardeners' Chronicle urged readers to reduce garden expenditure as little as possible.MIt is inevitable that the war should have an adverse effect on the horticultural industry. Attention is fixed on other, momentous things; money normally devoted to gardens is expended on other and more pressing objects, and large numbers of those who support the industry in times of peace are fighting for their country. Furthermore, economy has been urged upon us, and although it would have more weight were the precept accompanied by example, we all recognised that economy must be practised.
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