GRADING TREES BY QUALITY 
GRIFFING AND QUALITY 
QUALITY NURSERY STOCK AND THE NAME "GRIFFING” have been associated together for 
over fifty years. To the Trade, as well as the public, GRIFFING’S TREES are known to mean the Best 
Quality, produced under the most adaptable conditions. It is with this same emblem of Quality that we 
aim to serve our old and new patrons. 
The Highest Quality does not mean the Highest price—instead it is always the Cheapest. Our Nursery 
stock is a product you are proud to own—it lives, it satisfies, and gives results. It comes from a Firm 
with a record of long tested values of Quality Production. 
WE GROW OUR OWN STOCK 
We are not jobbers or brokers. We grow all of the Nursery Stock offered in 
this catalog at our nurseries, located rear Beaumont, Texas, except Roses and 
a few Fruit Trees, which are grown under contract and our supervision. 
The nrowirg of Nursery Stock is a highly specialized business requiring an 
exact knowledge rf plarts and horticultural and scientific methods. After 50 
years cf successful growing, we can without boasting claim to be experts in 
our lit c. 
Through costly erperimerts, we have been able to determine the most hardy 
and suitrb e vrriei.i s for the Southwestern territory, ar.d on these varieties, we 
have concentrated our air efforts so that our large 2C0-acre Nursery may 
yield an ab.ndai.LC ef these plaits to meet the ever-increasing demand. 
XXX XX 
Sylvester Juniper. Which would you prefer? 
PRICED ACCORDING TO QUALITY 
The descriptions are followed by OUR PRICE for the different sizes, 
grades, and QUALITIES. 
PROPER SELECTION 
ADAPTABILITY CHART 
Being more or less familiar with SOIL AND CLIMATIC CONDITIONS 
throughout the Southwest, and knowing that CERTAIN KINDS of Trees and 
Shrubs will grow in the COASTAL REGION that will freeze in the 
Northern portion, it is necessary to make a CLOSE STUDY before planting 
TO DETERMINE whether certain Plants, Trees ar.d Shrubs ARE HARDY 
>n certain localities. 
TEMPERATURE ZONES 
In all types of planting, soil and temperature corditions are important 
factors to be considered. For the convenience of those WHO DO NOT 
KNOW, we have prepared an "Adaptability Chart.” which divides the 
Southwest into certain Temperature Zor es, which are INDICATED BY 
Numbers from I to 6. In giving THE DESCRIPTION cf the Plant Material 
found in THIS CATALOG, we are giving the numbers PRECEDING THE 
DESCRIPTION (for example. ' Ter. I to 3”. etc.) to irdicate THE AREAS 
where it would be SAFE TO PLANT certain Trees and Shrubs under NORMAL 
CONDITIONS, according to our experience. 
DID YOU FIND WHAT YOU WANTED? 
NOTICE: If you do not find the stock you want listed, please write us 
and we may be able to supply you. We have many varieties in insufficient 
quantities to warrant listing. We irvite correspondence and are ready lo 
assist our patrons in every way we can. 
GRADING BY SPREAD 
In 1923, the American Association of Nurserymen adopted a Standardized 
System for Grading Nursery Stock, using the symbol of X’s to indicate 
QUALITY and dividing the various classes of Evergreens into Grade 
Groups. In our judgment, this is the only way to honestly grade and sell 
Nursery Stock. 
When you visit our Nurseries, we will be glad to show you what is 
meant by Standardized Grading, and when you order, if you will specify 
the Quality you want, we will make your selection accordingly. V/e give 
the following illustration to show what is meant by Grading by X’s—all 
plants are the same height, but there is a great difference in the general 
appearance and value. 
xxx xx x 
Griffing’s Waxleaf Ligustrum, illustrating Quality of plants. 
Wouldn’t you prefer the XXX? 
XX AND XXX PRICES 
Throughout this list, you will find the schedule of prices are according 
to X’s. 
XXX indicates strictly heavy, low branched, choice Trees or Shrubs. 
XX indicates well developed, medium branched, good merchantable Trees 
or Shrubs. 
X irdicates poor quality, measured by height. All Nursery rows have 
some. Net Listed in this Catalog. 
SPECIMEN STOCK above XX and XXX selected or marked in the 
Nurseries will be priced according to its value. 
YOU GET WHAT YOU BUY 
THE GRIFFING SQUARE DEAL—Use Standardized Grading System so 
those who come to the Nursery and those who do not come, get exact Quality 
cf merchandise as they specify. If you come to the Nursery, you will see the 
different Quality, but those who don’t come, can rely on the Quality being 
given them as they designate in ordering. (We do not approve of the old 
fashioned way of letting the Professional Buyers select the choice of the stock 
early in the Season at current prices and force the ones buying later to pay 
the same price for the culls.) The System of Quality gives the purchasers a 
fair opportunity to buy, and a Standard to order by without personally selecting 
his material to get a “Square Deal.” 
The Thousands of Customers using Griffing Quality products make it profita¬ 
ble for us to carry on. Their patronage is appreciated, and their satisfaction is 
expressed in such testimonials as: 
“100 per cent of our Plantings Lived and Grew.” 
‘‘100 per cent of our Customers are satisfied when Griffing Trees and 
Shrubbery are used.” 
‘‘100 per cent Profit is made on our orders where Griffing’s Shrubbery is 
used.” 
GRIFFING’S LANDSCAPE BOOK 
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