method is to apply well-rotted stable manure on 
top of the ground after the bulbs are planted. 
Then the leachings from the manure will be car- 
ried down into the soil by the rains, melting 
snows and by the water from your garden hose. 
If your soil is porous, as it should be, the bulbs 
will get a great amount of benefit from these 
leachings. 
This is one place where fresh stable manure can 
be used, and if you can obtain only the fresh 
kind, then by all means put off your fertilizing 
until after the bulbs have been planted. The 
manure is so well separated from the bulbs, and 
so well exposed to the open air, that it cannot 
possibly burn them. 
Other manures that can be used in this manner 
are cow, sheep and pig manure; and if these ma- 
nures are pure—that is, not mixed with any 
strawy material—you should undertake also to 
mulch at the same time. 
With coarse stable manure, or other manure that 
is well supplied with straw or other bedding from 
the animal pens, you are mulching at the same 
time that you fertilize. This type of fertilizing 
should be done after the first freeze in the fall. 
WARNING! Many of you will find chicken ma- 
nure available, but we warn definitely against it. 
In spite of all admonitions, most people use chick- 
en manure too heavily, and burn their bulbs. It 
is exceedingly rich in nitrogen, and dangerous. 
But, if you must use chicken manure, first pre- 
pare it in the following manner: First, lay down 
a layer of dry earth about two inches thick, then 
a thin layer of chicken manure, another two-inch 
layer of dry earth, another thin layer of chicken 
manure, and so on until you have a pile of suf- 
ficient depth that it can be forked and turned. 
Fork it and turn it soon after it is prepared, then 
at intervals of at least a month, and continue for 
about one year before you use the manure at all, 
and then use sparingly— yes, sparingly! 
There are also many good commercial fertilizers 
that can be applied after planting, but these 
should not be applied until spring; reason: too 
rapid in their action for fall use. The best time to 
use commercial fertilizer is after the foliage comes 
up, but well before the bloom appears. You are 
then able to keep away from the foliage in apply- 
ing the fertilizer, and since it is quick-acting, it 
wil! have plenty of time to reach the bulbs and 
benefit your flowers. 
Good dealers usually have the best formulas on 
hand for your locality, and you can usually rely 
on their advice. 
If the dealer seems at all in doubt, however, ask 
for a fertilizer of about 4-8-4 formula. This is 
only moderately rich in nitrogen, and has ample 
phosphorous and potash. The phosphorous will 
develop a good root system; the potash will de- 
velop the stems; and both together will benefit 
the flowers. 
The reason for avoiding fertilizers too rich in 
nitrogen is that it promotes too much foliage, at 
the expense of the flowers. If in great over-sup- 
ply, as in chicken manure, it will also burn the 
bulbs or foliage. 
Most commercial fertilizers are well-balanced, and 
you can rely upon them applied in the spring as 
directed above. Again we say, rely on a good 
dealer who knows. Or, if your state has county 
agents, call on yours and ask for advice. 
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Extra 
Values 
See 
pages 
26-27. 
6 for $7-75 
1 Inspecteur La- 
vergne ....$1.75 
La Lorraine .. 1.75 
Therese ..... 1.75 
Festiva Maxima 1.00 
Karl Rosenfield .... 1.00 
Sarah Bernhardt ... 1.75 





pat pt 
Total Value, $9.00 
SPECIAL PRICE ....$7.75 
If short of any of the above, 
we substitute others of equal or 
greater value. 


THERESE. The bewitching “glamour girl” of pink Peonies; shades 
of lilac-rose and lilac-white glimmer and shine with delightful 
effect. Strong grower. Free bloomer. Midseason. Delightfully 
fragrant. PRICES: 1 for $1.75; 2 for $3.40. 
WALTER FAXON. A beautiful blushing and amazing perfumed 
flower, luminous coral-pink, lighter at the petal ends. Delightfully 
fragrant. Midseason. PRICES: 1 for $1.75; 2 for $3.40. 
REINE HORTENSE. Color: beautiful over-all hydrangea-pink. 
Guard and center petals touched with crimson. A fine show va- 
riety. Tall, long, stiff stems. Mildly fragrant. Midseason. PRICES: 
1 for $1.75; 2 for $3.40. 
LAURA DESSERT. A pretty, blushing Anemone type; white 
guard petals suffused with pink, and decorated beautifully with 
light cream and canary-yellow center. Very lovely. Early. 
PRICES: 1 for $1.75; 2 for $3.40. 
INSPECTEUR LAVERGNE. This one is for lovers of red. It is a 
rich, vivid crimson in coloring and a crimson that is unusually 
pure and clear. Shape: globular. Midseason. A fine addition to 
the aristocrats. PRICES: 1 for $1.75; 2 for $3.40. 
KARL ROSENFIELD. Intensely red. One of the most beautiful 
and striking Peonies known; pure and rich coloring. Large, globu- 
lar, semi-rose type. Vigorous, tall, free flowering. Early. PRICES: 
1 for $1.00; 2 for $1.90. 
R. M. Kellogg Company 
Three Rivers, Michigan 
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