HOW to ORDER 
This Catalog Supersedes and Cancels All Previous Prices 
Prices Are Subject to Change Without Notice 
TERMS: All accounts payable at Beaumont, 
Texas. Cash with order unless Terms are ar¬ 
ranged prior to shipment. 
CHARGE ACCOUNTS; New Accounts gladly 
opened upon receipt _ of satisfactory references, 
(allowing time for investigation). 6% interest 
charged on all accounts of 30 days or more. 
COMPLAINTS: N® claim will be entertained 
as to shortage, undergrade, damaged stock in 
any way if not reported to us within 3 days 
after receipt of goods. 
GUARANTEE: We exercise all care to have 
all Stock True to Name; nevertheless, it is 
understood that should any Stock prove untrue 
to name, Griffing Nurseries shall be liable only 
for the Purchase price of the Stock which proves 
untrue to name, and no greater amount. 
INSURANCE: For Purchasers who wish their 
Trees Insured against Loss from Natural Causes, 
for One Year, we will upon payment of full pur¬ 
chase price, plus TWENTY (20%) PER CENT 
of same. Insure such purchases. Any Loss thus 
claimed should be reported to us at once. 
PACKING CHARGES: Carload and Truckload 
orders packed FREE. Small shipments packed 
at cost where crating, boxing or bailing is re¬ 
quired. 
RESERVE ORDERS: Reserve orders must be 
accompanied by at least 25% of amount of 
order to insure us in reserving goods. 
TRANSPORTATION: We have facilities for 
shipping by Express, Trucks, Railroads, Steam¬ 
ship and Parcel Post, and will gladly quote you 
the lowest rates effective to your city. Carload 
shipments travel at low cost—Column No. 25 
applies in Texas, while out-of-state Column No. 
32)4 applies; besides many special commodity 
Rates effective. All shipments travel at the risk 
and expense of the Purchaser. 
QUANTITY RATES: When you buy in 10 and 
100 lots of (1) B&B Trees, (2) NB Shade Trees 
and Pecan Trees, (3) Hedge Plants and Berry 
Vines, (4) NB Fruit Trees and Roses; varieties 
as grouped can be mixed to apply the quantity 
rates throughout this Catalog. 
SPECIMEN STOCK selected or marked in the 
Nursery will be charged for according to its 
value. 
Adaptability Chart 
You often admire a certain variety of 
Tree and wonder if it would grow for you. The 
Adaptability Chart as prepared shows by the 
Numbers indicated where stock listed in Cata¬ 
log is suited. 
The Letter “T”_ being followed by a figure 
as “Tl” means this tree is suited to Territory 
indicated on the map as No. 1. 
Some plants require acid soils, while others 
require limestone conditions, and for best re¬ 
sults special soil preparations are advisable. 
While this map covers only the Southwestern 
states, the lines could be extended farther East 
with the same accuracy. 
Each variety listed in this Catalog is follc'v.... 
with this Territory designation. The chart <•=■ 
designed to show the temperature the plants 
will stand under normal conditions, a- i usually 
adaptable for the soil and water cond tions. V.’e 
assume, however, np liability in making ti sc 
suggestions. 
Standardized Grading 
For the protection of persons buying Nursery 
Stock, we follow closely the System of STAND¬ 
ARDIZED GRADING of the American Associa¬ 
tion of Nurserymen. For your convenience in 
selecting varieties by their manner of growth, 
we have indicated the Groups into which each 
variety is classified, the Group No. indicated 
with each variety. 
Coniferous and Broadleaf Evergreens instead 
of being graded by height alone, are graded by 
widths of types and forms; and better illustrated 
below as follows: 
No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. No. 5. No. 6. 
GROUP No. 1—Spreading Type—Evergreens aver¬ 
age width of spreading branches both ways. 
GROUP No. 2—Semi-spreading Type—Evergreens 
should be as high as they are wide. 
GROUP No. 3 — Globe or Dwarf Type—Ever¬ 
greens 2 ft. high should be 1 ft. wide. 
GROUP No. 4—Cone Type—Evergreens 5 ft. 
high should be 1 ft. wide. 
GR()UP No. 5—Pyramidal Type—Evergreens 3 ft. 
high -hould be 1 ft. wide. 
Gl\ )UP No 6—Slender Type—Evergreens S ft. 
'r\ '•hould be 1 ft. wide. 
THE MEASUREMENT OF HEIGHT should 
oeg i where the branches begin and stop where 
'■le mam part of the top ends, and not at the 
ap of a thin “shoot”. 
1 HE ULTIMATE HEIGHT OR SPREAD of 
the varieties listed in this Catalog are indicated 
opposite descriptions, as (10 ft.) same being based 
on Normal conditions, both soil and climatic. 
