to Exhibit the 
OFFICIAL 
ROSE GARDEN 
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CENTURY- PROGRESS 
EXPOSITION 
Chicago 
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In 1933 hundreds of thousands of visitors to Chicago’s 
World’s Fair saw the magnificent Inter-State Nurseries 
Rose Carden pictured here. In 1934 hundreds of thousands 
more will see it because this great Century of Progress 
Exposition is to be carried over thru 1934 and we have 
been asked to make the rose garden exhibit again for 
1934. 
We consider it a very great honor when out of the more 
than six thousand nurseries in the United States, we were 
asked in the spring of 1933 to plant this rose garden. This 
invitation meant that we were recognized as being one 
of America’s great nurseries and that our success with 
roses entitled us to this signal honor. Furthermore the 
fact that we were again invited to carry on thru 1934, 
proves that this honor was merited. Without boasting, we 
can state that we are one of the largest distributors of 
roses in America. 
There were 6475 roses in 104 varieties in the rose garden 
in 1933. In 1934 there will be still more roses. We can 
assure you that a visit thru the rose garden will be worth 
coming a long distance to see and that it will be the finest 
collection of roses ever planted in one garden in the 
United States. 
When you visit the rose garden, we want you to meet and 
visit with Mr. Charles N. Evans and Mr. Ernest H. Balco, 
who are in charge of the garden. Mr. Evans is recognized 
as an authority on roses and Mr. Balco is a life long 
nurseryman and horticulturist. Their knowledge and ex¬ 
perience is at yojur service. 
Remember that you can have these same fine roses in 
your own garden. Our hardy, vigorous two year old field 
grown plants set out this spring will commence blooming 
in a few weeks after planting and give you flowers all 
summer and fall. 
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