KNOW US 
OUR PERSONNEL 
W. C. Griffing, who has been at the head 
of Griffing Nurseries since its beginning, 
is proud to have associated with him his 
son Ralph C. Griffing, since his graduation 
from Texas A. & M. College, who lives on 
the Nursery, and it is their intention to 
carry on the Nursery Business the Griffing 
Way, symbolizing Quality Nursery Stock. 
Associated with Griffing Nurseries are 
Misses Wilma and Sibyl Gunter, who have 
efficiently managed the sales, advertising, 
and accounting work since their completing 
school. They are well-known to many of 
our customers and the trade. 
Also associated with us are Charles B. 
Thornhill and John Pfister, as Foremen, who 
have worked with us since the beginning of 
Griffing Nurseries. Our field work is 
under their supervision, and they give our 
customers the benefit of their expert knowl¬ 
edge of how to grow, dig and ship our 
Nursery Stock. 
More than fifty years have passed since 
the present Griffing Organization had their 
first inception in a small nursery in North¬ 
ern Florida, on land owned by the late 
D. C. Griffing, and managed by his five 
sons under the name of “Griffing Brothers”. 
So successful were their efforts under 
their policies then adopted and since fol¬ 
lowed religiously, that their operations 
rapidly extended along the Gulf Coast of 
Mexico, with their Western offices at Port 
Arthur, Texas. 
Thus was the beginning of the present 
Organization, which continues to serve you. 
The Texas properties, then located at 
Port Arthur, were taken over by W. C. 
Griffing, who has continued to operate as 
“Griffing Nurseries”. For adequate irri¬ 
gation facilities, land was secured five 
miles northwest of Beaumont, where the 
present offices are located, where we have 
plenty of choice Beaumont Balling Soil for 
growing Nursery Stock, and private side 
tracks for loading. 
Air Plane view 
of our more than 
300 acre nursery, 
growing t h o u s- 
ands of fine Ever¬ 
greens; located 
on the largest ir¬ 
rigation canal in 
the world, em¬ 
ploying 50 to 100 
men regularly. 
THE GRIFFING STORY 
With a love of Gardening instilled by 
sturdy Welsh parents, rich in old world 
lore, the Griffings have, for more than half 
a century, devoted their energies to seek¬ 
ing out new varieties, improving old favor¬ 
ites, and distributing among their ever 
widening circles of customer-friends, 
plants that will add to the beauty and 
livableness of the Southern Home. 
The growing of Nursery Stock is a highly 
specialized business requiring an exact 
knowledge of plants and horticultural and 
scientific methods. After over fifty 
years of successful growing we can with¬ 
out boasting, claim to be experts in our 
line. Our standards are of the highest. 
For many years we have specialized in 
the production of Broadleaf and Coniferous 
Evergreens, probably producing more of 
these classes than any other Southern nur¬ 
sery. We have been able to determine 
the most hardy and suitable varieties for 
this section, and on these we have con¬ 
centrated our main efforts, that our large 
300 acre nursery yield an abundance of 
these plants to meet the ever increasing 
demand. 
Our plants are the finest that can be pro¬ 
duced. Our experience enables us to offer 
you a valuable and practical service in 
selecting, planting, and caring for plants. 
We can and we are certain, from the ex¬ 
perience of years, that you will find it 
pleasant and profitable to deal with us. 
