INSTRUCTIONS 
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Spring Planting 
PROPER PLANTING AND CARE 
INSURE SUCCESS 
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Planting 
Guide 
Free! 
With every nursery stock order, we 
send Free a Planting Guide. It tells 
in a clear, simple way how te plant 
so that even if you have never done 
any planting, you can have success. 
It tells, also, how to prune, water, 
care for plants over winter, how far 
apart to plant, etc. 
AMERICA’S LARGEST DIRECT-TO- 
YOU NURSERIES 
Because we grow and sell direct-to-you more 
nursery stock than any other nursery, we 
can sell first quality stock at reasonable 
prices. Our soil is rated the finest in all 
America for growing nursery stock. It pro- 
duces wonderful roots and fine tops. If you 
have never planted any of our seeds, order 
some this year. They are guaranteed to grow 
CENTRALLY LOCATED 
We are located near the geographical center 
of the United States, with railroad facilities 
that enable us to ship promptly in all direc- 
tions, North, South, East and West. 
SALES TAX 
The Iowa law requires us to collect a sales 
tax of 24%% on all orders sent to us BY 
PEOPLE LIVING IN IOWA. Iowa cus- 
tomers will please add this amount to their 
orders. BUT PEOPLE NOT LIVING IN 
IOWA DO NOT SEND ANY SALES 
TAX. 
How to Order-—See back of 
order blank opposite page 2. 
Each year more and more people wish to send 
their friends and loved ones Living Gifts. It is 
very easy to do. 
You select from our catalog whatever you 
wish us to send. With your remittance, give 
us the name and complete address to whom 
Cena bas 
It’s Easy to Order by Mail From Inter-State 
You can relax in the comforts of your home while you order by mail from Inter-State Nurseries. 
Pick out the items you want to plant this spring from the 84 colorful pages of this catalog. 
Write your order for Nursery Stock on the order blank opposite page 2 or use the one opposite 
page 83 if you order Seeds. Fill in your full name and complete address and enclose your remit- 
tance either by money order, check, bank draft or currency. If you send currency, please register 
your letter. Mail to us and when the proper planting time comes for your locality, we will ship 
your order Direct-to-You. Plant the stock, watch it grow and enjoy the added beauty and fruit- 
fulness of your home. 
We Pay Postage except large trees are shipped express collect 
Please note that most items in this catalog are DELIVERED TO YOU, POSTPAID. This 
means that you pay no postage or handling charges on those items. Some Fruit and Shade Trees 
listed ‘‘Not Postpaid” are too large to go by parcel post. They are shipped by express, you pay 
the express charges. We include extra stock to help pay the express. 
In some orders there are trees which must go by express and also some stock (shrubs and roses) 
which would go parcel post. To avoid making two separate shipments of trees, shrubs and roses 
(see below), we send these entire orders by express. For this privilege, we include extra stock 
which has a greater value than the additional express charges amount to. 
Nursery Stock is shipped at proper planting time. 
Nursery Stock and Seeds are not shipped together. Seeds and Supplies are shipped at once. 
Nursery stock is shipped at proper planting time in your locality. We are equipped so that we 
can start shipping to southern states early in the year. As the season advances, we keep shipping 
farther north until in May we are shipping to the most northern states. If you want your order 
shipped on a particular date, please write this on your order. 
Separate Shipments—Please read this carefully 
Trees (both fruit and shade), shrubs, hedging, small fruit plants, vines (excepting Clematis) 
and roses are shipped first, because they should be planted first as they can stand late frosts and 
cold snaps after being planted. But perennials, bulbs, clematis, should not be planted as early, 
therefore they are shipped separately often 2 or 3 weeks later. So your order may be sent in 
several separate shipments in order that you get your stock at the best planting time and give 
you the best results. For example, if you have ordered roses, shrubs or trees and also perennials 
or bulbs, you will get the roses, shrubs or trees first and the perennials or bulbs later. After you 
get the roses, shrubs, you need not write us about not getting perennials or bulbs as we will ship 
them a little later on. 
New Method of Wrapping 
We are now using a new product, Polyethylene or Polyethylene-coated kraft paper, which retains 
the natural moisture of plants for several days yet allows them to ‘‘breathe’”’. Exhaustive tests 
by leading colleges and universities and practical use have proven this to be the best method of 
shipping nursery stock. It means that your nursery stock will arrive in perfect condition KVEN 
WITHOUT MOSS OR OTHER PACKING MATERIAL. If shipment arrives during a spell 
of bad weather, you can leaye it in the package for several days. Of course, you should plant as 
soon as you can because the sooner you get it in the ground, the sooner it starts growing and the 
quicker you get flowers or fruit. 
New Nursery Storage 
Last year we built a new storage exclusively for roses with controlled temperature and humidity 
so that our roses remain dormant and in perfect planting condition until late spring. We also 
completely refrigerated our large general storage so that our trees, shrubs, vines, etc., will remain 
dormant and in perfect planting condition until late in the season. 
INTER-STATE NURSERIES, INC., Hamburg, lowa 
MEMBER—American Association of Nurserymen 
| Send Living Gifts That Will Be Cherished for Years 
i For Christmas, Birthdays, Mother’s Day, Easter, Anniversaries, Any Occasion 
you want it shipped. We will send this party a 
suitable Gift Certificate giving your name as 
donor and listing the stock you selected 
(without prices). It will be shipped at the 
proper planting time. We guarantee satisfac- 
tion to you and to those receiving the gifts. 
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