Lakeside Dahlia Gardens 
New Baltimore , Michigan 
.♦Foreword,, 
TO OUR DAHLIA CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS, 
WE EXTEND GREETINGS: 
LAKESIDE GARDENS again takes pride and pleasure in presenting our 1933 
list of finer Dahlias. Each season brings along a horde of new introductions, and 
1937 was no exception. We grew most of the 1937 introductions, and a good per¬ 
centage of them proved worthy. This ever-increasing number of new creations is 
making us more and more critical, and we believe you will find that the list of 1938 
and succeeding introductions will present a large percentage of really worth while 
varieties than any preceding list. That is progress. 
1937 was a good season for dahlias with us. The early part of the season from 
planting time until August 1 was almost perfect from a moisture standpoint, and we 
did not have to use our overhead sprinkling system until after August 1. Growth was 
excellent and the field grown roots produced were never better. 
Last season marked our debut as introducers. You will recall that we introduced 
five new dahlias, two of which were outstanding. Our Autumn Sunset proved itself 
to be the great dahlia we claimed it to be by winning blue ribbons in all parts of 
the country, and in two large shows it won as the largest and most perfect bloom 
in the show. Our MISS OAKLAND proved equally as good, and has established a 
standard for formal whites. Our customers and friends tell us that these two intro¬ 
ductions will be grown by dahlia fans for many years and are already listed by many 
European growers. 
This season we are introducing four new dahlias. Our MICHIGAN WHITE rep¬ 
resents an innovation in commercial dahlias, and being a white will make perhaps 
the greatest cut flower dahlia ever placed in commerce. This dahlia besides scoring 
a certificate at both Storr’s and East Lansing, won the American Home Achievement 
Medal at Detroit and has won all over the country. Our KATIE-K is the first really 
worthwhile improvement over KATHLEEN NORRIS, and good pinks have not been 
plentiful. Here is one that is fool-proof. Scored at both Storr’s and East Lansing, 
and winner at many shows. Our LYNN B. DUDLEY is the first really beautiful bi¬ 
color, and when the President of the A. D. S. lends his name to a bi-color, it just has 
to be good. Scored also at East Lansing, and Storr’s. Our SYLVIA, a garnet red 
formal miniature also scored at both trial grounds, and is the most free-flowering 
miniature we have ever grown. 
Outstanding at the shows last season, and dahlias which we believe will remain 
in public favor for many years are MARGRACE, MRS. GEO. LE BOUTILLIER, 
MURPHY’S MASTERPIECE, FIREBALL AND MISS ENGLEWOOD in the reds. 
BALLEGO’S SURPRISE, MISS OAKLAND, AMERICAN PURITY and MOTHER 
MAYTROTT in whites. ANGELO ROSSI, AUTUMN SUNSET, WILLIAM WYLLIE 
and RUDOLPH’S GIANT in the Autumn shades. CALIFORNIA IDOL, and KAY 
FRANCIS in the yellows. There were many others, but I sincerely believe we 
saw more of these proportionately, than the others. 
Dahlias are taking their place as cut-flowers, and each season we find ourselves 
unable to take care of the demand for them right on our roadside. If you have not 
previously grown the smaller types for cutting, try some this season, and get a thrill. 
Yours for more and better dahlias, 
LAKESIDE GARDENS, 
NICK KOENIG & SONS. 
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