LAKESIDE DAHLIA GARDENS, NEW BALTIMORE, MICH. 
Foreword 
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GREETINGS, CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS! 
LAKESIDE GARDENS takes great pride in presenting this list of 
fine dahlias of 1937. With each season the selection of such a list be¬ 
comes a matter of increasing difficulty because of the enormous num¬ 
ber being brought about by the ever-increasing number of growers, 
who are growing more and more seedlings each season. 
We are sending this catalogue out to introduce our dahlia wares, 
with the confident belief that it represents the greatest list of good 
dahlias ever gotten together. We do not pretend to offer all the good 
dahlias. We do, however, offer the cream of them, selecting, where 
there are several very much alike among the new ones, the variety 
that seems most vigorous and free blooming. 
The year 1936 was a good one for dahlias with us, and we har¬ 
vested the huskiest crop of fine roots that we have put in storage. 
They are all fine field grown roots that have developed normally 
without hard feeding or forcing, and will produce the finest plants ever. 
We are introducing this season for our initial introduction the 
dahlia featured on the Cover Page, namely, AUTUMN SUNSET. It has 
been thoroughly tested, was the highest scoring dahlia at the East 
Lansing Trial Grounds in 1935, with a score of 87 and, in the opinion 
of many real dahlia critics throughout the country, is the finest 
autumn colored dahlia to be introduced since Jane Cowl. Every 
dahlia fan will eventually own this fine flower. 
Among the dahlias which have been introduced during the past 
few years, the following were outstanding in our garden and fields 
this past season and will, we believe, remain in public favor for some 
time to come: MARGRACE, from Walter Bissell, was one of the finest 
bright reds. CALIFORNIA IDOL, still perhaps one of the finest in¬ 
formal self-colored yellows. HILLCREST NUGGET, a real performer 
in the nugget bronze group. LORD OF AUTUMN, another of the real 
performers with great size among the yellows. MRS. GEO. LE BOU- 
TILLIER, a big strong growing red that will make your heart 
glad. MURPHY’S MASTERPIECE, one of the real thrills for every 
grower. 
Then to get back to some of the older varieties, where would we 
be without good old reliable JANE COWL, and JIM MOORE, and 
BUCKEYE BRIDE, all of which go strong with the florists and will 
always And a place in every well-organized planting. Coming back to 
the more recent creations, we still find that, bloom for bloom and 
plant for plant, CAVALCADE stands almost at the head of the list for 
cut flowers, for florists in and around Detroit take all we can supply. 
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