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GRIFF ING NURSERIES, Beaumont, Texas 
S EVERAL select Specimens will take the 
place of many small plants. 
Senisa. Sotol. 
SENISA 
Leucophyllum 
SILVERLEAF^J: Leucophyllum texanum 
Broadleaf Evergreen Shrub. Ter. 1 to 4. 8 ft. 
Bushy, compact habit. The small, oval leaves are 
ashen-gray or silver color. After rainy periods a 
profusion of very showy orchid flowers heighten 
the effect of the silvery leaves. This shrub requires 
a well drained soil, and is used principally in foun¬ 
dation groups, masses, as individual specimens, and 
often for hedges. Very attractive when used in 
contrast with green foliage. 
Approx. Ht. 
Class 
XX 
XXX 
18-24 in. Nursery 
Grown B&B 
$2.50 
$3.00 each 
2- 3 ft. Nursery 
Grown ..B&B 
3.00 
3.50 each 
3- 4 ft. Nursery 
Grown ..B&B 
3.50 
4.50 each 
4- 5 ft. Nursery 
Grown ..B&B 
5.00 
7.50 each 
SPIREA -K 
ANTHONY WATERER Spirea anthony waterer 
Decidu(5us Flowering Shrub. Ter. 1 to 5. 2 ft. 
Practically evergreen in the South. Compact, low 
growing, hardy shrub. Light green, dense foliage, 
prominently veined. Often foliage is variegated 
with yellow spots, which add materially to its 
attractiveness. Deep, rosy-pink flowers sere borne 
in flat clusters on erect stems, during the summer 
and last into the fall. Valuable for edging beds, in 
groups or foundation plantings. 
THUNBERG Spirea thunbergi 
Deciduous Flowering Shrub. Ter. 1 to 5. 4 ft. 
Semi-spreading habit; arching branches. Delicate 
tiny fresh green leawes. In the spring, small button¬ 
like white flowers appear, followed by new lacy 
green foliage. Useful in low borders among Ever¬ 
green masses, or in foundation plantings. 
Approx. Ht. Class XX XXX 
12-18 in.B&B $2.00 $2.50 each 
18-24 in.B&B 3.00 3.50 each 
BILLARDI Spirea billardi 
Deciduous Flowering Shrub. Ter. 1 to 5. 4 ft. 
Upright branching habit. Foliage is attractively 
green. This variety bears its flowers on the 
terminals forming long, cone-shaped panicles of a 
delicate shade of pink. Blooms intermittently 
through most of the Summer, but the largest crop 
of flowers appear in early Spring. 
VAN HOUTTEI (Bridal Wreath) Spira van houttei 
Deciduous Flowering Shrub. Ter. 1 to 5. 7 ft. 
Gracefully arching branches, with deep cut at¬ 
tractive foliage. A mass of bloom in early spring 
with its spray of white flowers. Good for groups 
with Azaleas and other spring flowering shruhs for 
contrast and color harmony. 
Approx. Ht. Class XX XXX 
2 - 3 ft.B&B $2.00 $2.50 each 
.1 - 4 ft. B&B 3.00 3.50 each 
SILK TREE—See Mimosa. 
SILVER REDCEDAR—See Junipers. 
SYLVESTER JUNIPER—See Junipers. 
SWEET BAY—See Magnolias. 
SWEET OLIVE—See Olives. 
SYMPHORICARPOS—See Coral Berry. 
SKYFLOWER 
Duranta plumieri 
(Tropical Lilac) (Pigeonberry) 
I Tender Broadleaf Flowering Shrub. Ter. 1. 10 ft. 
Drooping or trailing habit, four-angled branches. 
Dark green, oval leaves, - about 3^ inches long, 
toothed or without teeth.' Flowers are borne in 
' terminal clusters or racemes, lilac color, about one- 
halt inch wide, slightly tubular. Yellow berries are 
borne in clusters, in coinbination with flowers pro¬ 
duce a striking appearance. 
Approx. Spread Class XX XXX 
3 - 4 ft.B&B $2.75 $3.50 each 
4 - 5 ft.B&B 4.00 5.00 each 
SOTOL 
Dasylirion 
SAWTOOTH^f:* Dasylirion serratifolium 
Evergreen Perennial. Ter. 1 to 5. 5 ft. spread^ 
Dark green, narrow saw-tooth leaves, resembling 
a Yucca. Older plants have a large number oi 
symmetrically arranged deep green leaves. A small 
brown colored spike to 8 feet, terminating with 
about 2 feet of yellowish-cream flowers which have 
very prominent stamens, is produced during the 
earlv summer. Good for desert gardens. 
18-24 in. ..B&B $1.50 $2.00 each 
2- 3 h .B&B 2.00 2.50 each 
3 4 ft.B&B 2.50 3.50 each 
SWEETGUM 
SWEET GUM Liquidambar styraciflua 
Deciduous Tree. Ter. 1 to 4. 50 ft. 
A native tree. Its twigs and young branches 
corky-winged. Leaves are star-like, stalked, much 
resembling maple. An extremely handsome tree, its 
foliage brilliant scarlet in the fall. 
Same Price as Tallow 
SYCAMORE 
Platanus orientalis 
ORIENTAL PLANE TREE Plautus orientalis 
Deciduous Shade Tree. Ter. 1 to 6. 60 ft. 
A tall, wide spreading tree. Leaves are very 
large, usually five lobed. Seeds are borne in clusters, 
first green, then brown in fall, retiiaining on tree 
during winter. Useful as quick growing shade tree, 
but not so desirable on lawns due to the leaves 
shedding in the late summer and fall. 
Same Price as Tallow 
Spirea Van Houttei 
