A NURSERY WITH A BACKGROUND 
OVER HALF A CENTURY IN THE SOUTH 
GROWING TREES AND SHRUBS 
Over fifty years have passed since the present Griffing Organizations had their first inception in a small nursery in Northern Florida on 
(and owned by the late D. C. Griffing, and managed by his five sons under the name of "Griffing Brothers." 
. Always the Griffings grew the stock they sold, offered the best of everything, experimented in every locality to find the most adaptable va¬ 
rieties, dug their Trees with care, packed under rigid inspection, and in all their activities gathered and disseminated information for the ben»> 
fit of their patrons. 
Panorama View of Our 200 Acre Nursery 
PRESENT MANAGEMENT 
W. C. Griffing, who has been AT THE HEAD of Griffing Nurseries SINCE ITS BEGINNING, is proud to have ASSOCIATED witk 
him his son. Ralnh C. Griffing, since his graduation from Texas A. 8C M. College, and it is THEIR INTENTION to carry on the Nursery 
Business THE GRIFFING WAY, symbolizing Quality Nursery Stock. 
Associated with Griffing Nurseries are Wilma and Sibyl Gunter, sisters, who have efficiently MANAGED the sales, ADVERTISING and 
ACCOUNTING work. They are WELL-KNOWN to many of our customers and the trade. 
WALTER C. GRIFFING 
RALPH C. GRIFFING 
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 seeking NEW VARIETIES, improving old favorites, 
and distributing among their EVER WIDENING circles of CUSTOMER- 
FRIENDS, plants that will add to the beauty and livableness of the Southern 
Home. 
Thus was the beginning of the present Organization, which CONTINUES 
TO SERVE YOU. For adequate irrigation 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. 
EXPERIENCE COUNTS 
Our plants are the finest that can be produced. OUR EXPERIENCE 
enables us to offer you a VALUABLE and practical SERVICE in SE¬ 
LECTING, planting, and caring for plants. We can and we are certain, 
from the EXPERIENCE OF YEARS, that you will find it pleasant and 
profitable to deal with us. 
EXPERTS IN OUR LINE 
The growing of Nursery Stock is a HIGHLY SPECIALIZED BUSINESS 
requiring an exact knowledge of Plants and HORTICULTURAL and scien¬ 
tific methods. After over FIFTY YEARS of successful growing we can 
without boasting, claim to be EXPERTS in our line. Our standards are of 
the highest. 
Our field work is under the SUPERVISION of experienced Foremen, 
they give our customers the benefit of their EXPERT KNOWLEDGE 
how to GROW, DIG AND SHIP our Nursery Stock. 
and 
of 
QUANTITIES OF BROADLEAF 
For many years we have specialized in the production of BROADLEAF 
and Coniferous EVERGREENS, probably producing more of these olasses than 
any other SOUTHERN NURSERY. We have been able to determine the 
most hardy and SUITABLE VARIETIES for this section, and on these w» 
have concentrated our MAIN EFFORTS, that our large 200 ACRE NURSERY 
yield an abundance of these plants to meet the ever increasing demand. 
GRIFFING’S LANDSCAPE BOOK 
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