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GRIFFING NURSERIES 
same as adopted by the American Association of 
Nurserymen. 
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 — Evergreens 
24 in. high should be 12 in. wide. 
GROUP No. 4. Cone Type — Evergreens 36 in. 
high should be 27 in. wide. 
GROUP No. 5. Pyramidal Type — Evergreens 3 ft. 
high should be 1 ft. wide. 
GROUP No. 6. Slender Type — Evergreens 5 ft. 
high should be 8 in. wide. 
TO CORRECTLY MEASURE PLANTS, the measure 
of height should begin where the branches begin and 
stop where the main part of the top ends in their 
natural growing position, and not at the end of a 
thin “Shoot”. 
ROOT PRUNING and transplanting into Good Ball¬ 
ing soil are necessary, and frequent pruning to make 
low branched and well filled-in Specimens. 
GRIFFING’S BEAUMONT BALLING SOIL: Our 
great success in transplanting Trees and Shrubs safely 
at all Seasons may be largely attributed to our 
Wonderful Balling soil. There is no other just like 
it. We have the soil that is “just right” for Balling 
and Burlapping. The Ball is spaded out in one solid 
piece, often compared to slicing a “piece of cheese”. 
Note the solidness of the Ball in the illustration. 
Our particular soil is known among Oil Company 
geologists as “BEAUMONT LOAM”, peculiar only to 
this Section. It is rich and black, and when taken up 
in the form of a Ball, will not crack or crumble, and 
does not dissolve or “melt down” when set in water 
for weeks. To the contrary, that is the way to pre¬ 
serve it. 
IRRIGATION is one of the facilities we appreciate 
most in the production of Quality Nursery Stock. 
Fresh River water can be applied through flood irriga¬ 
tion anytime of the year. In this way the plants 
never suffer of drouth, instead a compact root growth 
