WE GIVE THE EARTH 
WHAT IS B. & B.? MOVING A 
TREE IN THE DIRT IN WHICH 
IT GREW 
B. & B. has upset all traditional customs 
about time of planting”, size that can be 
planted, and has eliminated years from 
planting time to the day when the effect 
is really visible. 
We do not spade them out and tie bur¬ 
lap around the loosened soil, but the soil is 
solid, never cracked. 
NB means “Not Balled", or that the 
Trees or Shrubs so listed are dug from the 
Nursery without having the dirt about the 
roots. When Trees or Shrubs are dug in 
this manner, they are puddled in thick mud 
to prevent their drying out so they may 
be safely packed for shipment or delivery. 
No Roots Expcsed to the Air. 
The Dirt Can’t Break Away 
From the Roots 
Digging a B&B Tree. 
HOW BALLING AND BURLAP¬ 
PING (B. & B.) IS DONE 
Look at the photographs showing the 
procedure of digging, lifting from the hole, 
and casing with strong burlap. The feed¬ 
ing roots are in the ball. The moisture and 
soil is held intact. No shock results from 
digging. Plants start growth more rapidly. 
The loss among balled plants is negligible 
and with proper care and attention after 
planting in the way of water and cultiva¬ 
tion, there is no necessity for losing a single 
plant. 
BEAUMONT BALLING SOIL 
A Feature About Griffing’s B&B Nursery 
Stock You Must Not Overlook 
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 com¬ 
pared to slicing a “piece of cheese". Note 
the solidness of the Ball in the illustration. 
It is commonly known as the “BEAU¬ 
MONT LOAM", peculiar only to this im¬ 
mediate section. It is rich and black, 
and when taken up in the form of a 
ball, it will not crack or crumble, and does 
not dissolve or “melt down" when set in 
water for several days. 
CAUTION: Never lift small B. & B. 
stock by the top or branches. Lift the* ball 
itself by grasping it with both hands< so as 
not to loosen roots in the ball. 
ADVANTAGES OF B. & B. 
We grow our young stock in good up¬ 
land soil and transplant them to the heavy 
Griffing Balling Soil, pruning the roots in 
the process. This makes compact feeding 
systems and the majority of the roots of the 
fine fibrous type which mean so much to 
the plant are left in the ball when they are 
dug for shipment. They are undisturbed. 
Naturally, they grow better than when 
lifted bare and naked, free of dirt and 
moisture. No amount of packing offsets 
the instant exposure suffered somewhere 
in the handling of bare-rooted plants. 
B. &. B. GIVES RESULTS 
Years are eliminated while waiting for 
your plants to grow. Large plants can be 
safely moved. Plants which in former 
years were hard to make grow after trans¬ 
planting can now be handled with all safety. 
Bare-rooted, they would be stripped and 
pruned and their beauty lost. There is no 
comparison in the two methods. 
B. & B. EASY TO PLANT 
In planting B. & B. trees you need not 
put your hands in the dirt to arrange the 
roots. Simply set the ball in the hole, the 
shoulder two inches above ground level, 
never remove the burlap. No trimming 
necessary. Then start spading from side 
wall of the hole, deeply and thoroughly, 
out to 3 feet from the tree. Then use 
loose dirt taken out when the hole was 
dug as top dressing. Have the nozzle of 
the hose thrust under the ball during this 
procedure to thoroughly soak the ground. 
