CLOVERSET FLOWER FARM. KANSAS CITY 
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leaves of your Roses, as wet leaves are sure 
to bring disease to them. 
As soon after watering as the soil becomes 
dry enough to cultivate, a thorough cultivation 
should be given to provide a dust mulch and 
prevent too rapid drying out. Never cultivate 
over one inch deep as the feeder roots are 
near the top of the soil, and deep cultivation 
will surely destroy them and greatly injure 
the plant. Or a mulch may be provided in 
which cultivation will not be necessary. Peat 
Moss or Cow Manure make good mulches. We 
prefer Cow Manure which, in addition to be¬ 
ing a good mulch, also carries great fertilizer 
values. 
Once each month your Roses should be fed 
2V2 pounds of Cloverset Rose Grower Ferti¬ 
lizer or our Cloverset Blood and Bone for each 
dozen plants, scattering it on the ground un¬ 
der the plants and cultivating it into the soil, 
or it may be dissolved in water and used as 
a liquid manure. (All materials necessary can 
be purchased from us). These instructions, if 
followed carefully, will result in good Roses 
from May 20th until heavy frost. 
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We specially recommend Cow Manure as a 
substitute for Peat Moss for mulching Roses 
and other garden plants. Cow manure never 
bums either roots or foliage and it does 
not run together but remains loose and fluffy. 
It permits the air to circulate freely through 
it, reducing the tendency of the soil to become 
sour and unfit for good plant growth. Cow 
manure as a mulch, shading the soil as it 
does and keeping it cool, prevents rapid evap¬ 
oration and thereby greatly reduces the 
amount of water necessary to supply the 
wants of plants. As cow manure carries a 
considerable amount of plant food, which as it 
breaks down is gradually fed to the plants, 
we think that with the addition of our Clover¬ 
set Rose Grower fertilizer or with our Clover¬ 
set Blood and Bone, it provides the ideal com¬ 
bined mulch and fertilizer and at a very rea¬ 
sonable price. 
PRICES 
Shredded Cow Manure is packed in 2- 
bushel bags. Price, per bag—75 cents, 5 
bags for $3.25. 
Jfmported f^eat 
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Imported Peat Moss has been widely ad¬ 
vertised and used as a mulch for Roses and 
other plants, and we endorse this material as 
a mulch. 
PRICES 
Standard Bale, 125 lbs. Each.$4.00 
2-Bushel Bag, Each.75 
Peat Moss mulch should always be remov¬ 
ed in the winter and replaced in the late 
spring. As the only object of a mulch is to 
prevent evaporation of the moisture from the 
soil and evaporation is very slow when the 
soil is cool. Its real benefit is apparent only 
during hot weather. 
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'prayerd 
We carry a full line of sprayers, both large 
and small. Samples shown in our display 
room. 
