
Beaumont, Texas 

A Live Oak Tree in Our Home Grounds 
Dear Mr. Griffing: 
It is a pleasure to attach the College’s Order for 65 Spanish Type Live Oaks (Quercus 
Virginiana) to cover this year’s shipment as provided for in the Contract between the 
College and your firm, dated January 6, 1931. 
Last year you were so kind as to send us an unusually fine shipment of Live Oaks, 
ranging from 9 to 12 ft. high, measuring around 3 inches in diameter. 
headed Trees are exactly what we have been looking for, and we hope that you will 
be able to send us similar trees this year. 
| am sorry that this is the last installment of Trees under the Contract mentioned 
above, but | hope that we shall continue to patronize your firm, because we have found 
that you always provided us with the highest quality of Plant material. 
Please arrange to ship this order so as to reach us on or about December 1, 1940. 
With kindest personal regards, | am 
| A CARLOAD A YEAR FOR TEN YEARS 
TEXAS STATE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN 
Mr. Walter C. Griffing, 
The Griffing Nurseries 
Denton, Texas 
November 12, 1940 
Such high- 
Sincerely yours, 
FRED W, WESTCOURT, Director 
Dept. of Rural Arts. 

EVERGREEN LIVE OAK TREES PLANTED ON S. M. U. 
CAMPUS OF DALLAS, TEXAS 
Quoting from Dr. A. D. Schuessler, Chairman of the Campus 
Beautification Committee of S. M. U., he comments as follows: 
“Our, ‘One Mile of Live Oaks’ on the S. M. U. Campus is now a 
reality. We are very happy that the Trees are here, and in the 
ground. The Trees are really making a fine show in spite of the 
fact that they have no leaves and the Hackberries have. But, people 
will soon find out that the Live Oaks will also have leaves. The 
Trees arrived in good condition. 
We received your Invoice for the 128 Trees Selected. Perhaps 
you remember that we selected one Tree for Dallas Hall in the 
block where we selected other Trees. The Tree is a beautiful one, 
and we planted it by the Dallas Hall, and we will call it the ‘‘W. 
C. Griffing Tree’’. 
The Dallas News had the following editorial commending Dr. 
Schuessler about his efforts in the Landscape and beautification 
of the Campus by the planting of this mile of Specimen Live Oaks 
as follows: 
“The Planting of 125 Live Oak Trees on Bishop Boulevard this 
year will carry forward the excellent progress already made in 
Landscaping the campus of S. M. U. and ultimately will give Dallas 
Hall one of the most beautiful approaches to be found in the whole 
Southwest. 
The Live Oaks being planted this year will be large ones, and will 
add much to the attractiveness of the campus, present and future. 
The Live Oak is one of the most stately Trees of Texas, and is 
well adapted to soil and climatic condition here.”’ 
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LOCAL SCHOOL PLANTING TO LIVE OAKS 
In 1932, the following article appeared in the School paper of 
Beaumont High with reference to the planting of Live Oaks on the 
Campus: 
“The campus of Beaumont High School is being ‘dressed up’ 
again this week for the coming Spring and Summer days ahead. 
A quantity of Evergreen Live Oaks (Quercus virginiana) are 
being planted around the grounds so as to furnish the necessary 
shades during the ‘good ole Summer time’. 
Last week the school contracted for the planting of 120 Trees 
which is now in progress and will be fully completed in another 
week’s time. The work is being done by the Griffing Nurseries. 
No School campus is complete or finished until the Shade trees 
are set and growing, and in the Southland where Evergreens are 
plentiful it is but fitting that the Landscape should be made com- 
plete with lovely Live Oaks. 
The Live Oak has the longest life of any other Shade Tree, and 
the older it gets the stronger and more beautiful it grows. Its 
greenness during the wintry days, while barren (deciduous) trees 
reflect the bleakness, adds cheer, hope and happiness to its sur- 
roundings.”’ 
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These are but a few of the reports from Schools, Universities, 
Parks, and Private people who have successfully planted Live Oak 
Trees and already enjoying the beauty of their trees planted just 
a few short years ago. 
LLL “ON 
—NILITING AVO FAI 

