This is the saddest announcement we have ever made in 
our lives to our 100,000 long-time friends and customers. 
CARL SONDEREGGER, Pioneer Nurseryman, our father, and 
the founder of Sonderegger's Nurseries and Seed House, and 
a life-long lover of flowers, and grower of trees, plants and 
seeds, has passed away. 
Father started in the nursery business nearly a 
half century ago—before most of us boys were 
born. 
A. kindly man and friendly, father gave his whole 
life to his work, and his customers, many thou¬ 
sands among whom he was proud to know as his 
friends. A host of these knew him personally. 
Other thousands knew him through his personal 
letters to them through the years. Father prided 
himself on the scrupulous attention he gave to 
writing letters to his customers. 
Father passed away on July 22, 1934. For the past 
few years his health had been failing steadily. His 
love for growing things, however, never wavered. 
The early mornings found him in his garden. Thus 
he spent the evening of his life among the flowers, 
and there he was happy. 
It is with respect to the friendly feelings of our 
customers, as well as the memory of our father, 
that we devote this space to bring you these sad 
tidings. 
Not wealthy in worldly goods, but rich in friend¬ 
ship, it is this friendship that he had formed with 
so many folks that he valued so highly. To us, his 
sons, who will carry on after him, this is the most 
precious heritage that a father could leave behind. 
It should be our greatest hope to continue our 
pleasant and mutually beneficial relations with his 
thousands of friendly customers. 
CHAS. 
SONDEREGGER 
President 
FRED 
SONDEREGGER 
Secretary-Treasurer 
ERNEST 
SONDEREGGER 
Manager Seed Dept 
ARTHUR 
SONDEREGGER 
Propagator 
LEO 
SONDEREGGER 
Landscape Architect 
