LAKEVIEW PONDS, CINCINNATI. OHIO 
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A FEW WORDS 
ABOUT . 
LAKEVIEW POMD3 
. . . "America's Oldest 
"Fancy Goldfish Farm" 
O UR BUSINESS 
was established in 
1892. Today, as a 
result of nearly 50 years’ 
experience, we can give 
you quality products that 
are unsurpassed and 
which are sure to please 
you. The building shown 
here is a complete mod¬ 
ern unit affording us fa¬ 
cilities for year ’round 
shipping of Goldfish and 
Aquatic Plants, and other 
items as they are in sea¬ 
son. It contains our Office, Shipping Room, Display 
Tanks, Storage Rooms, and a Greenhouse for Trop¬ 
ical Water Lilies and Tropical Fish. We carry one of 
the most complete assortments of Water Garden Sup¬ 
plies in the U. S. 
] To Our Customers and Friends: | 
I With this new Edition of "THE GOLDFISH ) 
I POOL” we at LAKEVIEW greet our many Customers \ 
J and Friends throughout the United States, and we wish ? 
I to express our appreciation for your valued patronage. 1 
We list many new, attractive and inexpensive items and S 
I we suggest that you place your orders as early as you / 
I can, so that shipments may be reserved and made at the l 
' proper time. | 
i If we can help you in any way, please feel free to S 
(| visit our farm or to write us. I 
Sincerely yours, | 
l! LAKEVIEW PONDS. 1 
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The sketch below shows 
location of the entrance 
to our main farm at 5579 
Colerain Ave. (Ohio U.S. 
Route 27), opposite the 
Church of The Little 
Flower, in Mt. Airy, a 
suburb of Cincinnati. We 
are only eight miles north¬ 
west of Fountain Square, 
on a fine, new boulevard 
(Route 27). Open daily, 
8A.M.to5:30 P. M. Sun¬ 
days and holidays, from 
March 15th to June 30th, 
same hours. Other Sundnys and holidays, 9 to 
10 A.M. Our telephone is Kirby 2036. We will 
be glad to see you at “Lakeview” and you will 
find ample parking space near the building—just 
Sketch showing Driveway Entrance to LAKEVIEW at 
5579 Colerain Ave., Ohio U. S. Route 27 
This photograph shows a beautiful Pool well planted with lovely 
Water Lilies and built in a most charming Natural setting. The high 
ground to the right has been converted into a very fine Rock Garden. 
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j Collections of Rock Garden Plants 
'i 7 assorted Rock Plants (Tagged). Our selection 
I, from choice varieties. 
I 
M any Goldfish Pools are built as a part of, or in 
conjunction with, a Rock Garden, and indeed 
these two forms of Gardening do blend most har¬ 
moniously in certain settings. We offer some of the best 
species of small hardy plants suitable for growing among 
rocks, in a rock garden, or around the edge of your pool. 
They are well developed, strong plants, nearly all two 
years old. 
ALL PLANTS LISTED BELOW ARE 5 for $1.00 or $2.00 per 
doz. (Delivery charges extra.) 
ACHILLEA The Pearl —-Yarrow. Pure white double flowers all 
Summer. 
ARABIS —(Rock Cress). Pure white flowers in dense masses. 
DIANTHUS —(Sweet William). Produces small flowers like carna¬ 
tions. Various colors. 
DIANTHUS Delfoi'des —-(Maiden Pink). Beautiful little rock or 
border plant bearing many small crimson flowers in June and July. 
DWARF IRIS —Assorted colors: white, yellow and lavender. 
GYPSOPHILIA Repens — (Baby’s Breath). Pretty trailing plant 
with many white flowers in mid-summer. 
IBERIS —(Candytuft). Dark mats of evergreen foilage; white flow¬ 
ers in May. 
MYOSOTIS Palusfris Semper Florens —(Eorget me not). Pretty 
little border plant. Blue. 
PLUMBAGO Larpenfae —Small and spreading. Blue flowers Sum¬ 
mer and Fall. 
PRIMULA —Veris Hybrids, mixed. Hardy primrose. Various shades. 
Hardy and vigorous. 
SEMPERVIVUM Tecforum —(Hen and Chickens). Hardy rosettes 
thick green leaves with reddish tips. 
VIOLA —-(Tufted Pansy). Lovely small edging plant producing 
continuous bloom of deep violet color. 
Copyright 1939—R. C. Dolle. 
