INTER-STATE CATALOGS 
We issue two catalogs each year, both are Free. Our General 
Catalog, listing our complete line of Nursery Stock and Seeds, 
is ready early in January. 
Our smaller Fall Catalog is ready early in September. It 
features bulbs and plants that produce beautiful early spring 
flowers, such as Tulips, Daffodils, Crocus, Hyacinths, Lilies, 
Poppies, etc. This is one of the finest Fall Bulb Catalogs 
printed and well worth having. If you did not receive a copy 
last fall, write us so that we will be sure and send you a copy 
this coming fall. 
On October 3rd, 1938, Mr. Ira D. Johnston of Indiana wrote 
us—“ Enclosed find orders and money order for $66.15. These 
orders are from people who have visited my gardens and 
agreed with me that the tulips I ordered from you were the 
most beautiful they had ever seen.” 
THE NURSERYMAN^S ROMANCE 
Yes, there is romance behind a nursery catalog. The story of 
how the Regal Lily came to America is a story as thrilling as 
any movie. It came from that land of Tibet, where few 
white people have dared to go and still fewer to see and return. 
A single white man, an American, who when his leg was 
broken, was carried for hundreds of miles, across mountains, 
through deserts, suffering hunger and privation, robbed by 
bandits. The sad conclusion of this true story is, that man, 
“Chinese” Wilson, after many years spent searching foreign 
lands for new plants, returned to this country and was fatally 
injured in a car accident. 
If this seems too thrilling, then let us turn to those patient, 
persistent men who day after day, month after month, year 
after year, are working to bring us new flowers, new fruits. 
Romance? Yes, the true romance of making this world more 
beautiful, more fruitful. 
A man with a great love of nature, spent almost a lifetime 
perfecting a single plant. He is gone. But his legacy to future 
generations, the finest pure pink hardy Aster, will carry the 
name Harrington, to all corners of the world. What more 
beautiful monument could one ask! 
INTER-STATE SEEDS ARE GUARAN¬ 
TEED TO GROW 
On pages 66 to 75, you will find a complete list of flower and 
vegetable seeds, that are unconditionally guaranteed to grow 
in your garden. We know our seeds are the finest produced. 
Plant Inter-State seeds this spring and see what beautiful 
flowers, what fine vegetables you will have. When you make 
out your order of nursery stock, send along your seed order. 
We assure you that you will be delighted with the results. 
OUR STOCK IS EXCEPTIONALLY 
FINE THIS SPRING 
We wish that you could see the stock we have ready for you 
this spring; big husky perennial plants, the finest glad bulbs 
you ever saw, choice rose plants that will bloom in just a few 
weeks after planting, fruit trees that will soon produce deli¬ 
cious, home-grown fruits, and so on right down through the 
list. “Best I ever saw” . . . “Just look at those roots” . . . 
“Finest I ever received” . . . that is what you will say when 
you get them. 
And even though expenses are higher, our increasing volume 
enables us to sell at these reasonable prices. 
ALL THIS STOCK ALMOST AS EASY 
TO GET AS THOUGH IT 
WERE NEXT DOOR 
Here it is, just what you want, just what you need. A few 
trees, shrubs, roses, bulbs or plants, planted with loving care 
and tended by willing hands, will make your home a dream 
come true. In very few cities in all America can you select 
from as large and complete a list as shown in this catalog. 
Yet here it is, right at your hand, only overnight away from 
many millions and only twenty-four hours away from many 
millions more. 
First quality stock, carefully grown, carefully handled, care¬ 
fully packed, all by experts in a special building, and guar¬ 
anteed to reach you in first class growing condition. Inter-State 
Nurseries are ready to serve you faithfully so that you can 
depend upon us, year after year, for your planting ne^s. 
NURSERY STOCK IS NOT 
ALL ALIKE 
There is a big difference in Nursery Stock, just like there is 
in almost all kinds of merchandise. It is well known in the 
nursery trade that Inter-State has a high standard of quality. 
It is our sincere and earnest desire to send out the highest 
quality stock. 
We do not believe there is another nursery which has the 
advantages we have—the marvelous growing conditions; the 
facilities and equipment for handling stock; the trained work¬ 
men and organization headed by three men who were born 
and raised in the nursery business and who give their full time 
and attention to this business. This is not written boastfully 
but merely so that the many thousands who will get our 
catalog this spring for the first time, will know why this firm 
has become the largest of its kind in America. 
PLEASE HELP US CORRECT OUR MAILING LIST 
I received_of your catalogs under the following names: _ 
Send my next catalog to the one I have marked (x) : _ 
My name or address was wrong on my envelope—Wrong; 
Write down both the wrong and the right— Right: 
I have moved since I last ordered—Former Address:_ 
New Address: 
