Golden Rule Dahlia Farm , Lebanon , Ohio 
Last Season’s Record 
“/"^ne extreme follows another.’’ Nature is not temperate. Following the heat and 
/ drought of 1934, 1935 brought us one of the wettest summers on record. The 
rainfall was as follows: 
May, 7.53 inches; June, 4.30 inches; July, 7.43 inches; August 8.23 inches; Sep¬ 
tember, 5.10 inches. Almost a year’s rainfall in five months. For two periods of about 
two weeks each there was no evaporation and a soil continually saturated. Even on 
level ground the soil erosion was very great. Our system of drainage tiling again 
proved invaluable. 
In view of this, we had a successful season, fine flowers and many varieties gave 
us a bigger root crop than ever. There were some losses in two poorly drained spots. 
At the O. V. D. A. show in Cincinnati we won first for large (250 ft.) commercial 
display and our new Queen City won numerous prizes including two medals at Cin¬ 
cinnati and elsewhere. The season ended October 10th with heavy frost. 
Index 
All the large flowered varieties we grow, with few exceptions, are alphabetically 
listed in the Table of Ratings on page 8 to 12 inclusive, and under the headings: 
Formal Decorative 
Informal Decorative 
Semi-Cactus 
Straight and Incurved cactus 
Our new introductions for 1936, as well as those which we have acquired of other 
growers are listed on pages 5, 6 and 7 in alphabetical order. 
In addition to the above we have a short descriptive section on pages 17 to 19 
in which we briefly mention about fifty varieties. 
Miniature, Pompon, and Ball dahlias are listed on page 14. 
page twenty-six 
