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Growing Forest Trees in Western Nebraska 



The Russian Olive is of use as an ornamental tree or for n 

 windbreak. It is slow growing and of no use for timber, but is 

 very hardy. 



The American Elm trees grow very unevenly. In a group 

 of these trees six years old many are only three or four feet 

 high while others arc from twelve to fifteen feet high. Altho 

 some of this species will be unsatisfactory, the good specimens 



Fig. 11. Russian Olive on bench land, October, 1912. Planted in 1908. 



are so very promising that we feel fully justified in recommend- 

 ing the American Elm rather highly. 



The Box Elder should always be given a place. It is hardy 

 and furnishes more green spots on the table-land than any other 

 species. It will furnish shade and protection, and improve the 

 appearance of the landscape more quickly, and probably more 

 effectively, than anv other tree on the table-land. 



