Heinrich Wendland— An extremely dou¬ 
ble, brilliantly colored rose with inside of 
nasturtium-red and outside of bright yel¬ 
low. The fragrant flowers do not fade, and 
are borne singly on long, strong stems. 
Hugonis (The (iolden Rose of China) — 
Perfectly hardy everywhere, this fine shrub 
rose, growing 5 feet tall, is a gorgeous sight 
in late May and early June when its grace¬ 
ful, arching branches are covered with the 
golden yellow flowers. Requires no atten¬ 
tion at all. In fact it really blooms more 
profusely when planted in ground that is 
not too rich. 
John Russell— This grand rose is ex¬ 
tremely hardy, easy to grow and produces 
large, well-formed flowers of deep crimson 
so fine that they are almost impossible to 
beat in exhibition. 
K. A. Victoria— Absolutely perfect, fra¬ 
grant flowers of ivory-white. An old favor¬ 
ite that ev'en today has not been surpassed. 
La France —This, the oldest Hybrid Tea 
rose, still deserves a place in your garden 
because it blooms so freely, and its lovely 
pink flowers are so delightfully fragrant. 
Hardy and healthy, it stands neglect and 
blooms year after year. 
Leonard Barron — A new rose of immense 
size, often 6 inches across. The flowers are 
shell-pink tinged apricot, and are pro¬ 
duced constantly all season. Easy to grow 
everywhere. 
Margaret McGredy— At first the color 
is a bright orange-scarlet that lightens to 
a rich carmine and is beautiful at all 
times. A thrifty, vigorous grower that is 
always in bloom. Without question one 
of the finest of all roses. 
McGredy’s Ivory — A magnificent 
creamy-white rose that is fragrant and 
deep-petaled. Many consider it the finest 
white rose. Pictured on page 41. 
McGredy's Scarlet — Large, perfect flow¬ 
ers of vivid, luminous carmine-red are pro¬ 
duced generously. A wonderful rose that 
is fine for both garden and rutting. See it 
on page 41. 
Miss Rowena Thom— Very large, fra- 
rant blooms of satiny pink shaded flame, 
'ou just cannot keep it from growing and 
blooming. 
Mme. Jules Bouche— Practically always 
in bloom, the flowers are glistening white 
shaded blush at the center. Generally 
considered the best white garden rose. 
Pictured on page 37. 
Mrs. E. P. Thom— .A grand rose of un¬ 
fading, clear yellow. Strong growing and 
free-blooming, it has made good all over 
.America. See page 37. 
Mrs. Henry Bowles— The charming, 
sparkling pink flowers of perfect form 
come singly on long stems all through the 
season. It ranks right at the top. 
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Each year we receive many letters asking 
us for a collection of roses that are ex¬ 
tremely hardy—roses that will bloom all 
summer^—roses that will live and thrive 
under almost all conditions. Here is such a 
collection. You who think you cannot 
grow roses should plant these. They will 
live and bloom, year after year, with al¬ 
most no care or attention. 
1 BETTY UPRICHARD— salmon. 
1 F.K. DRUSCHKI— pure white. 
1 GEORGE ARENDS— pure pink. 
1 GOLDEN PERNET— pure yellow. 
1 GROSS AN TEPLITZ— scarlet. 
1 JOHN RUSSELI _deep crimson. 
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Mrs. John Laing— A clear pink rose of 
exquisite beauty and delightful fragrance. 
.Almost thornless, it is very hardy and 
blooms freely. 
Mrs. P. S. DuPont —From early summer 
until freezing this rose is a glorious sight 
with its rich yellow flowers. It was the 
favorite yellow rose in our World’s Fair 
Rose Garden. See page 37. 
Mrs. Sam McGredy —.A remarkable new 
rose from the world-famous house of 
McGredy. The picture on page 41 will 
show you how beautiful are the flow-ers of 
orange-salmon suffused gold. It is vig¬ 
orous, hardy, free-blooming and does well 
everywhere. 
President H. Hoover— .A glorious com¬ 
bination of cerise toned orange, scarlet and 
yellow, this rose is recognized all over 
.America as being one of the best garden 
roses. Richly perfumed, long-stemmed, 
and free-blooming. Pictured on page 37. 
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Radiance— The great .American pink rose, 
planted everywhere because it has made 
good everywhere. The fragrant flowers are 
produced abundantly all season. 
Radiance Blush (Mrs. Charles Bell)— 
This exquisite, fragrant, shell-pink rose 
should be in every garden. It is very free- 
blooming hardy, vigorous, and easy to 
grow. We promise that you will love it. 
Radiance Red —This is America’s favor¬ 
ite red rose. Hardy, healthy, free-bloom¬ 
ing, with a true rose fragrance. 
Souv. de Claudius Pernet— An old fa¬ 
vorite that is still widely planted because 
of its ric4i, golden yellow color. 
Souv. de Mme. C. Chambard— This 
fragrant, coral-pink tinted peach rose is 
very free-blooming and is one of the most 
beautiful of all roses. 
Talisman —A glorious combination of 
orange-yellow and rose-red. The fragrant 
flowers are freely produced all season and 
are especially fine for cutting as they come 
singly on long stems. 
Ville de Paris— Th is fine rose of rich, 
unfading buttercup yellow has not been 
planted as freely as it deserves. It is very 
hardy, easy to grow, and is healthy and 
vigorous. 
Mrs. O. L. Barlow of Oklahoma wrote ns— 
"The roses -which I planted from Inter-Slate the 4th 
day of last March were beautiful all summer and fall. 
People from Oklahoma City and Tulsa who saw my 
roses last year said they had never seen such beautiful 
blooms and bushes the first year. They are now in 
grand condition for this coming year." 
Mr. C. R. Wright of Nebraska wrote us— 
"I received the rose bushes and I must say that they 
are the best plants I have ever seen." 
E. A. Klingensmith of Indiana wrote us— 
"I wish to tell you that before 1934 I had bought roses 
from all parts of the country and with no results. I 
now have 63 of your roses and can not speak loo highly 
of them. The Blaze is a wonderful rose, also the New 
Dawn. In fact, we are well pleased with all of them." 
Mr. A. L. Richardson of Iowa wrote us— 
"The roses I bought from you last spring grew and 
bloomed the best of any I have ever had."' 
Mr. Cecil C. Lusk of West Virginia wrote us— 
"A few lines in regard to your rose bushes. The 
Mother's Rose Garden plants we received from you 
were grand and were everything you claimed for them. 
They have bloomed beautifully and you may expect a 
larger order for the same type of plants." 
Mrs. Edwin W. Teale of New York wrote us— 
"The Gold Medal Roses bloomed beautifully and were 
the best and strongest plants I ever received." 
Mr. H. N. Rider of Ohio wrote us— 
“Last Spring we purchased from you a collection of 
your Gold Medal Everblooming Roses and we feel 
that it is our duty to advise you of our most grateful 
.satisfaction. Not only have we enjoyed the beauty of 
these roses but all of our friends and neighbors have 
spent many enjoyable moments admiring them. We 
were pleased to advise them that they were purchased 
from Inter-State and we know that at least one of our 
friends will purchase some from you. You might be 
interested in the fact that our favorites were first, 
Etoilf de Hollande, for its size, color and beauty of 
bud. McGredy’s Yellow ivas a very close second and 
without doubt, the most beautiful yellow rose that we 
or any one else has ever seen. Our satisfaction with 
your roses has prompted us to again order the flojvers 
listed on the attached order blank." 
Mr. Rafiner of Missouri wrote us— 
"In April I received one dozen roses (Gold Medal 
Collection) and other shrubs and will comment on the 
same by saying the. roses are the finest I have ever seen. 
They are f ill of buds and about ready to open." 
Note—We received this order the last week in 
.4pril. In less than forty days they are ready to 
bloom. . 
Mr. C. T. Toothill of Indiana wrote us— 
"I still think you have the finest rose roots in America 
and I have seen a lot of them, in my time." 
Mr. Chas. L. Tyre of Nebraska wrote us— 
"I purchased about 30 roses from you last spring and 
every one grew and did fine." 
Miss Ruth Metzger of Illinois wrote us— 
"I purchased a number of roses from you last season 
and was very much pleased with them. They have all 
come through the winter in good shape and are grow¬ 
ing nicely this spring. Those received this year all 
appear to be good strong plants also." 
Mrs. Keith Mundy of Illinois wrote us— 
"I am enclosing another order for roses and I want to 
take this opportunity to congratulate your company 
upon the quality of the 42 rose bushes I got from you 
last year. They all lived and bloomed continuou.sly 
until frost." 
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