

Inter-State Roses Make a Glorious Display All Summer 
It has been our privilege to bring to countless thousands of homes 
throughout all America real rose satisfaction. Some sent their first 
order merely as a sort of routine, thinking roses were roses. Now they 
are enthusiastic Inter-State boosters, adding each season to their rose 
gardens. That is what Inter-State roses do—their superb blooms so 
captivate you, you want more and more. 
We want to impress upon you this fact: ALL ROSES ARE NOT 
ALIKE. There are degrees of quality in rose plants just like there is 
in almost all merchandise. When you get our plants, you will see at 
once their extra high quality—nice green tops and a wonderful system 
of roots. These better quality plants will not only produce more and 
better blooms, but because they have so much more vigor and vitality, 
they will live longer. 
On account of some failures, you may have concluded that your 
location was not suitable for roses. Perhaps the failure was due not to 
location, but to poor quality plants. We just wish you could read the 
letters we have received from those who had such experiences. Then 
they planted some Inter-State Roses. How pleased, how happy, 
they were, that now they could enjoy that finest of all flowers, the rose, 
so beautiful, so fragrant. 
We could write several pages about how our roses are grown by the 
best growers in America; how they are budded on root stocks that are 
hardy and vigorous, yet will not sucker and go wild; how carefully 
they are handled. We know that we have the highest quality and WE 
BACK IT UP WITH OUR STRONG GUARANTEE, the strongest 
ever made by any firm. We sincerely believe that we give you a larger 
dollar’s worth of plant quality, bloom and growing satisfaction than 
you can get anywhere else. 


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We will let some of our customers tell you how much 
they like our roses. We have files full of such letters, 
and if we could print them all, very likely you would 
find a letter right from your own vicinity. 
WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT INTER-STATE ROSES 


On March 16, 1940, Mr. Geo. H. Field of Rushville, 
Illinois, wrote us: “J always order roses from Inter- 
State because out of 15 years of experience your 
roses have proven the most satisfactory of all.” 
On March 4, 1940, E. A. Cuer of Skaneateles, New 
York, wrote us: “J have 62 very nice Roses which I 
purchased from you and a lot of people came over to 
see them last summer. I had Roses all summer.” 
On February 19, 1940, Ed Hurtt of Muncie, 
Indiana, .wrote us: “Thank you for the wonderful 
roses which I purchased from you last spring. They 
all lived and bloomed all summer long, and I cut 
close to 25 dozen from them. I have bought other roses 
from other firms but nothing like you sent me.” 
On March 5, 1940, Mrs. Betty Turner of Boise, 
Idaho, wrote us: ‘Several years ago I ordered your 
Gold Medal Dozen Roses, and two years ago I ordered 
several more, including Blaze and New Dawn. They 
were without doubt the most gorgeous roses we have 
ever grown.” 
On February 1, 1940, Mrs. M. C. Northington of 
Clarksville, Tennessee, wrote us: ‘‘I have over a 
hundred rose bushes now that I bought from you and 
although we had a very, very dry July, August, 
September and October, I cut from two to seven dozen 
blooms every day. They were too beautiful for words.” 
On February 2, 1940, Mrs. J. R. Felix, of Hunting- 
ton, West Virginia, wrote us: “Two years ago I 
purchased your Gold Medal Collection of Roses. We 
planted them carefully, according to directions given 
in your booklet, and when they bloomed, I had the 
thrill of my life. I had not known until then how 
beautiful roses could be! I am enclosing an order for 
your Gold Medal and Mother's Collection.” 
On March 4, 1940, Jas. Wm. Lee of Mexico, Missouri, 
wrote us: “From the 35 roses we got from you last 
year we won 3 first prizes from them. In all we have 
about 100 monthly roses, most of them came from Inter- 
State Nurseries. They are the talk of our town.” 
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On March 4, 1940, Miss Harriett Foster of Spring- 
field, Missouri, wrote us: “‘J wish to tell you of the 
superior quality of your Rose plants. Last year they 
brought me several prizes at our district fatr.”’ 
On January 31, 1940, Virgil F. Vink of Essexville, 
Michigan, wrote us: “Last April we ordered your 
Gold Medal dozen roses, the Mother's rose garden, and 
a few other roses and wish to say that they are the 
most beautiful roses in this section. The stock arrived 
tn the finest condition of any nursery stock we have 
ever received. The R. M. S. Queen Mary was ad- 
rired by every one for its delicate color and extraor- 
dinary fragrance. Though the two collections are so 
similar to last year's we will place an order for ai 
least 15 of the newer and patented varieties to augment 
our present stock. We will have over 50 different roses 
this coming summer and 35 or more will be Inter- 
State Nurseries stock.” 
On March 11,1940, Mrs. Leonard Peterson of Smith 
Center, Kansas, wrote us: “J do not think you do 
justice to your Improved LaFayeite Rose. I planted a 
hedge of them along my driveway last spring and they 
were simply gorgeous.” 
