Ornamental and Shade 
Trees 
A fine tree for every location 
My Perfect Specimens at 
Favorable Prices 
An outdoor living room, made of Sonderegger’s hardy flowering 
shrubs. Sonderegger’s well-shaped Volga Poplars in the background. 
At right a Juniperus Scopolorum. With good stock, such a beauty 
spot may as well be on your home grounds. 
Ash, American White Jp™"! 
cana. Grows fine most anywhere, re¬ 
quires very little attention and makes a 
nice well-branched, spreading crown. Ex¬ 
ceptionally hardy and drought resisting, 
a good tree for park or street planting. 
In this and most any spreading shade 
tree a good plan is to plant the young 
trees in a row 15 feet apart. Then in a 
few years chop out every other tree to 
make large shade trees. 
Birch, European White f f b u i a 
A graceful tall tree, getting a white bark 
as the trees grow a few years. A fine 
ornamental tree at any place, and es¬ 
pecially in evergreen groups where the 
white bark shows up most effectively. 
Hardy as far north as the Dakotas and 
Minnesota. 
THE ELMS 
I am offering you three Elms, the finest 
on the market today. You know the 
American Elm, it is the most popular 
shade tree, the Moline Elm makes a taller 
tree, growing more in column shape. The 
Chinese Elm has lately come in favor on 
account of its extra rapid growth. How¬ 
ever, the Elmis are all fast growers. 
A ryiQT’i no n TPlm Ulm.us Americana. 
AllltJl lLctll XilIIl New varieties of 
trees are introduced, yet the American 
Elm is still the leading tree for general 
street and park planting. One needs but 
take a look at an old Elm tree, the large 
spreading crown with its sturdy frame¬ 
work of limbs and branches to be con¬ 
vinced that this tree is well worth plant¬ 
ing. It is hardy, and does well in the 
Middle West. 
Hn-v TPlrlor* Acer Negundo. Ash 
JjUA. JJiUCi Maple. A native tree of 
spreading habit and rapid growth. It is 
very hardy, resists drought well and suc¬ 
ceeds in most any soil. I recommend it 
where other trees are not easy to grow. 
Catalpa Speciosa K f c e S p v a e 
rapid growing lawn tree of tropical ap¬ 
pearance with very broad, large leaves 
and purplish white blossoms in pyramidal 
clusters, sometimes a foot long. Does 
well in the Middle West and the Eastern 
states. Resists drought remarkably well 
and has hardly any insect enemies. 
Grows upright and up to 50 feet tall. 
Catalpa Bungei 
A dwarf form, stem will not grow taller 
than It is originally. The low crown will 
develop densely, with its beautiful foliage 
growing to a most showy umbrella shape, 
without pruning. Elegant for parks, 
lawns and cemeteries. Hardy as far 
north as northern Nebraska. 
Moline Elm 
From the American 
Elm this tree differs 
in the habit of growth, it is an upright 
grower, almost like the Volga Poplar. 
Yet with a little more spread per height. 
Its leaves are considerably larger than 
those of the American Elm. Grows rap¬ 
idly, and withstands the weather in the 
Middle West very well. My trees are all 
budded, you are sure of getting the true 
strain. 
Ulmus Pumilla. Has 
become very popular 
within the past few years. The reason 
for this has been the rapid growth of this 
tree. 
Chinese Elm 
XT n pkkAvnrT C 6 1 t i s Occidentalis. 
XlctLiAUCI 1 y American Nettle Tree. 
A native tree with slender branches 
spreading horizontally, apple-like foliage, 
bright shiny-green. Owing to the fact 
that it is extremely hardy, deep-rooted 
and very drought resisting it is a most 
desirable tree for general street and park 
planting. This tree is clean, I have never 
seen it attacked by an insect or a disease, 
in every respect an excellent tree. 
Planting 
Instructions 
Plant Ornamental 
trees just like fruit 
trees, as described 
on pages 4 to 10, and 
plant the trees about 
2 to 4 inches deeper 
than grown in the 
nursery, depending 
on the size of the 
trees you plant. 
"Rnllouna Pnnlar Grows to a spire of 80 feet. 
A>011t/CtIX(X rupictl Leaves shining dark green 
with silvery white underneath, hardy as far north as 
Nebraska. Does not sprout up from the roots. For 
tall backgrounds or in order to break up the monotony 
of an even skyline such trees as Bolleana Poplars 
create wonderful effects. 
T.hlYlVlflT’flw PnnlflT' The spire-shaped trees are 
-Liumucuuy irupidl rapidly coming in demand. 
They are striking features in the landscape. This 
Poplar grows surprisingly fast up to a height of 70 feet 
or more. Does w r ell in Iowa and up to the middle of 
Nebraska. 
TTAlrra "Dn-rklar* This is another tall growing 
V UIgd, r Upidl poplar. It is a little more 
spreading than the above varieties. It seems to me 
that it is hardier than the other column shaped va¬ 
rieties. Grows very fast, its foliage deep green. 
"MnrriTQrr p a yil q y» An improved Carolina Poplar. 
U1 Wdy x UJLHdl On account of its rapid growth 
often called “sudden saw-log.” Bright green foliage, 
spreading top. I recommend it for quick shade, tim¬ 
ber and windbreak. 
Linden, American Lni.plTs 1 '- 
wood. Grows 60 to 80 feet tall. A splen¬ 
did tree for park and street planting, for 
the lawn or wherever you wish a large, 
spreading ornamental and shade tree. It 
has a good, healthy foliage, a little larger 
than the leaves of the European Linden. 
In my opinion the American Linden 
grows a little faster, and is probably a 
little hardier. I have seen some splendid 
trees of this kind here in the southern 
part of Nebraska. 
A MOLINE ELM, 5 years old, about 25 
feet high. Note the upright growth of 
this variety of Elm. 
1886—Sonderegger Nurseries and Seed House.Beatrice, Nebraska—1936 
[ 20 ] 
