BEAUMONT, TEXAS 
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GRADING SYSTEM BY X’S: Our many regular Cus¬ 
tomers know the Grading Standards used when we 
sell Nursery Stock. We give the following illustra¬ 
tion to show what we mean by Grading by X’s—all 
plants are the same height, but certainly there is a 
great difference in the general appearance and values: 
XXX XX X 
Griffing’s Waxleaf Ligustrum illustrating Quality of 
plants. Wouldn’t you prefer the XXX? 
LISTING BY X’S EXPLAINED: The Standardized 
System uses the symbol of X’s to indicate the Quali¬ 
ty of Nursery Stock. Throughout our Catalog, you 
will see before the prices of each grade the Number 
of X’s, which refers to the Quality, or general appear¬ 
ance of the Plant. 
XX Means the plants are well developed, mer¬ 
chantable stock, but not the best of the species. 
XXX is Heavy Specimens, well developed. (Listed 
in Catalog). 
XXXX is Extra Heavy Specimens (A few grades 
catalogued). 
X is Light or No. 2 Grade, not sold but grown over. 
SPECIMEN STOCK selected or marked in the Nur¬ 
sery will be charged for according to this System or 
its actual values. 
THE GRIFFING SQUARE DEAL— Use Standardized 
Grading System so those who come to the Nursery 
and those who do not come, get exact Quality of 
merchandise as they specify. If you come to the 
Nursery, you will see the different Quality, but those 
who don’t come, can rely on the Quality being giver 
them as they designate in ordering. (We do not ap¬ 
prove of the old fashioned way of letting the Pro¬ 
fessional Buyers select the choice of the stock early 
in the Season at current prices and force the ones 
buying later to pay the same price for the culls.) 
The System of Quality gives the purchasers a fair 
opportunity to buy, and a Standard to order by with¬ 
out personally selecting his material to get a “Square 
Deal”. 
SYSTEM OF GRADE GROUPS 
In this Catalog, we have shown whether Plants are 
graded by height or width, i.e. 18-24 in. ht. or 24-30 
in. sprd. This indicates the class into which the 
particular Plant is placed. In order to know what 
Spread or Width a certain plant should be in propor¬ 
tion to its height, the following groups are used, the 
