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OAKS—Quercus 
Whether along the AVENUE or BOULEVARD, the highly traveled HIGHWAYS, 
IN our PARKS and PLAYGROUNDS, on PLANTATIONS, or amidst the sur¬ 
roundings of YOUR OWN HOME GROUNDS; the Oak tree lends forth its wel¬ 
come arms to SHELTER US from BITING WINDS and the HOT SUMMER 
SUN. Contrary to many Shade trees, the OAK GROWS in BEAUTY and VALUE 
WITH AGE. HISTORIC SPECIMEN OAKS are found along the Coast, are 
RARE in BEAUTY and RICH in GLORY. 
Pruning Oaks 
Our Oaks are given careful attention, all FORKS BEING CUT out, with the 
CENTER STEM retained, forcing all branches to come out horizontally from 
the main trunk. With this training, the center stem continues to grow upward, 
and the horizontal branches form a beautiful tree. 
Always clean, rich green foliage. Very straight bodies. From young seedlings 
we trim to single stem in center, not allowing forks even on our 20 foot trees. 
In centuries to come these forked trees may split open and ruin the tree. 
As the tree grows older, the side branches predominate, making the tree broader 
and broader with age, and TRULY MAJESTIC in its beauty. When trees are 
trained in this way, in case of a storm, there are rot a lot of forked branches 
at the trunk to cause the tree to split ard ruin its shape. 
WE DO NOT RECOMMEND THE COMMON PRACTICE OF “TOPPING” OAK 
TREES. 
XXX Grades—Defoliate and remove branches under in. size. 
XX Grades—Defoliate and prune branches or more. 
SPANISH LIVE OAK 
We have the complete stock from Acorns gathered in Florida from the choicest 
isolated grove in existence, so there is not a chance of hybridizing. This true 
type of fast-growing Oaks are destined to revise the idea that Live Oaks are 
a slow growing tree, much different from the ordinary native Live Oak in 
Louisiana and Texas, which we call the Scrub Live Oak, but takes too long 
to grow. 
Approx. Ht. 
Caliper 
Class 
XX 
XXX 
6 - 7 ft. 
.1 -H in. 
.B&B 
S2.40 
$3.30 
each 
7 - 8 ft. 
.If—14 in. 
.B&B 
3.00 
4.00 
each 
8 - 9 ft. 
. 14— if in. 
.B&B 
3.60 
4.90 
each 
9 -10 ft. 
.If- 2 in. 
.B&B 
4.20 
5.90 
each 
10-11 ft. 
.2 -2f in. 
.B&B 
5.00 
6.90 
each 
11-12 ft. 
. 2 \- 7 \ in. 
.B&B 
6.00 
7.90 
each 
12-13 ft. 
. 2f-2f in. 
.B&B 
7.00 
10.10 
each 
13-14 ft. 
.2f- 3 in. 
.B&B 
8.50 
12.40 
each 
14-15 ft. 
.3 -3* in. 
.B&B 
10.00 
14.50 
each 
15-16 ft. 
. 3f- 4 in. 
.B&B 
12.00 
16.60 
each 
16-18 ft. 
.4 -44 in. 
.B&B 
14.00 
20.00 
each 
18-20 ft. 
. 45 — 5 in. 
.B&B 
17.00 
24.00 
each 
Nursery grown Live Oak Trees live and thrive under all conditions when the 
Trees have been root-pruned and properly Balled from the right kind of balling 
soil and pruned properly before they are dug. 
GRIFFING NURSERIES, BEAUMONT, TEXAS 33 
