INTER-STATE’S 
E ACH year we plant out a great many varieties of tulips in our test garden. 
Some are new and very high priced. We watch them and select the best 
so that when the bulbs are more plentiful and reasonable in price, we 
know the best varieties to offer you. 
For example, we “discovered” the extraor 
dinary beauty of Leda in our test garden. It 
is rapidly becoming one of the most popular 
pinks. Columbine, Zenober, Diadem, Tosca, 
Doctor Euwe, are but a few that we have 
thus found to be outstanding. Eclipse, Ad¬ 
vance, Yellow Emperor will sell in immense 
quantities just as soon as enough bulbs are 
available. 
We test in our gardens all the varieties 
before we catalog them. Thus we know 
they will prove satisfactory to our cus¬ 
tomers. 
This fall we are listing all of our 
tulips in alphabetical order in order 
to make them easier to find. First we 
give the name, then the class to 
which they belong, then the figure 
means the height in inches when in 
bloom. Then you will note in paren¬ 
thesis ( ) a letter A, B, C or D. 
This refers to THE TIME OF 
BLOOMING. Those in group A 
bloom first, followed by B, C 
and D. 
Turn to page 8, there you 
will find all these tulips listed, 
each class together and each 
blooming group together. 
This will make it very easy 
for you to select exactly what 
you want. 
We want to impress this 
fact, tulips must be planted 
in the fall. Plant them 5 
to 6 inches deep, 4 to 6 
inches apart. 
EVERYTHING IN THIS CATALOG 
IS POSTPAID RIGHT TO YOUR DOOR. 
c 'Are Thoroughly Tested 
Every one of the named tulips are FIRST QUALITY TOP SIZE BULBS, 
Holland Grown, the very best we can buy. With every order we 
send you complete planting instructions. 
Please Note 
On all orders for 100 or 
more tulips, the 100 rate will 
apply if you buy not less 
than 10 bulbs of any one 
variety (remember that you 
figure the 100 rate of each 
variety and not the 100 rate 
of the lowest priced variety). 
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Cape Girardeau, Mo. 
My Rainbow Collection of tulips 
is in full bloom. It is the most gor¬ 
geous I have ever seen. 
April 28, 1937 Mrs. Helen Wildes 
Essex Center, Vermont 
I want to tell you how pleased I am 
with the tulips I ordered from you last 
fall. They are much taller and larger 
than any I now have. They all look so 
wonderfully healthy. One can tell your 
tulips from all others upon entering the 
garden. 
May 19, 1937 Miss Florence Bates 
Cherokee, Kans. 
I wish you could see a bed of tulips I 
bought of you 2 years ago. Everyone who 
sees them say they are the finest tulips they 
ever saw. I am proud to tell them I bought 
them of 1 nter-State Nurseries, Hamburg, Iowa, 
so am thanking you for them. 
Mrs. Laura Harr 
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