LONDON’S CABBAGE PATCH
There is a cabbage patch worth a king’s ransom blooming in the heart of London. It is the kitchen garden on the Bloomsbury site which has figured prominently in the press recentlv in connection with the new buildings for the University of London. , Rows of onions, cabbages, and P^ as show the skill with which the British Museum attendants and police nave made th : s London soil fruitful in a wilderness of bricks and mortar and ferro-concrete. Where else could one see a building site in the heart of the citv, valued at £1,000,000, dedicated to ~such use? The ground rent for each lettuce must equal an old-age pension at least.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12526, 16 August 1926, Page 11
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114LONDON’S CABBAGE PATCH New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12526, 16 August 1926, Page 11
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