AS you turn to this page, you are introduced to 
£X ROSE HEADQUARTERS, Hamburg, Iowa, 
t \ the home of Inter-State Nurseries, who for two 
successive years, 1933 and 1934, were chosen to plant 
and exhibit the Official Rose Garden at Chicago’s 
World’s Fair, as America’s Rose Representative. 
Millions marveled at this beautiful sight and wondered 
how such marvelous roses could be grown in a section 
which was believed to be so unsuited for rose growing. 
You, too, can grow roses. Read some of the letters on 
pages 5, 27 and 28. From the North, the East, the 
South, the West, we have files full of letters telling us 
of the great success of Inter-State Roses. 
Roses just like those which took the World’s Fair 
throngs by storm, are ready for shipment at the proper 
time at prices that will please you. Everybody loves 
roses, the Queen of all Flowers. We want every home 
to enjoy their beauty, their fragrance, their loveliness. 
We are taking the lead in making this possible. 
We endeavor to put into Inter-State Roses the utmost 
value, a value that you realize more fully when you see 
the strong growth, the generous bloom, the magnificent 
colors. This leadership in value means leadership in 
sales. 
We can offer you these finer roses so reasonably because 
we sell them in such tremendous quantities, selling 
Direct-to-You MORE ROSES THAN ANY NURS¬ 
ERY IN AMERICA. The reasons for our large, con¬ 
stantly increasing rose business are— 
1. Our roses are hardy, vigorous plants which for two 
years have been grown right out in the open fields. We 
do not handle “Bench roses” wdiich are simply old rose 
plants discarded by florists after being forced in the 
greenhouse for two years or more. Nor do we handle the 
small, green, immature, own-root plants which are 
started from small cuttings in the greenhouse in the 
winter and sent out in the spring. Both of these type 
roses can be sold very cheaply, BUT THEY POSI¬ 
TIVELY ARE NOT AS SATISFACTORY AS TWO 
YEAR FIELD GROWN PLANTS. 
2. Our rose growers are considered the best in America. 
Our roses are low budded on selected, superior strains 
of root stocks which produce hardy, strong growing 
plants that bloom freely. Our growers also have de¬ 
veloped a method so that our plants rarely sucker from 
the roots. 
3. We sell the newer varieties as well as the old favorites. 
We send complete planting instructions so that even 
the youngest bride who has never planted a rose, can 
plant with success. 
We show a partial view of only one out of ten fields of 
Inter-State Roses. These plants will go into every state 
and their glorious blooms will bring beauty and joy to 
untold thousands. 
YOU CAN SECURE ROSE SATISFACTION THIS 
SPRING BY PLANTING INTER-STATE ROSES. 
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