BEAUMONT, TEXAS 1 
PERSONAL MESSAGE 
MR. GRIFFING SAYS: 
“The making of our Wholesale Price List this Spring 
has been more difficult than usual, because of the un- 
settled conditions afecting prices; however we are after 
careful study, presenting to you this copy of our 1942 
Spring and Summer Wholesale Price List as guidance 
on Nursery Stock we have to offer. 
“There may be occasion to make some changes in these 
prices anytime, because Labor, Burlap, Nails and String, 
all of which play a major part in pricing materials, are 
on the increase, and rather difficult to secure. 
“THE QUALITY of our NURSERY STOCK this year 
is most excellent, having had good rains all Summer 
during the growing season. The color is good, the growth 
is most compact and it is in excellent shape to be trans- 
planted. 
“We continue the practice of Grading our Trees and 
Shrubs by the American Association of Nurserymen’s 
Standardized System of Grading, because we think it is 
the only fair way of grading Nursery Stock and giving 
our Customers a square deal. This Price List covers 
both XX Standard Quality and XXX Extra Heavy 
Quality Trees and Shrubs. 
“This year we have given the approximate shipping 
weight of all Trees and Shrubs in this Price List, be- 
cause of the urgent demand from our Customers to 
determine shipping costs. The weights given are for 
the X quality, heavier branched plants will weigh 
more according to the development of.the top. ~— 
“The usual “GRIFFING WELCOME” awaits you, so 
visit us and look ove rour materials this Season, and 
let us take care of your requirements with good Quality 
Nursery Stock.” 3 
W. C. GRIFFING, 
Griffing’s Nurseries. 
HOW WE BALL 
We do not Spade the Balls Out and tie burlap around the Loosened 
Soil, nor do we Drive a Cylinder around to cut roots Too Short, but 
the Soil is Solid, never cracked and Size of Ball to conform to the 
Root System. 
A FEATURE ABOUT GRIFFING’S B&B NURSERY 
STOCK YOU MUST NOT OVERLOOK _..... 
Our Great Success in transplanting Trees and Shrubs safely at all 
Seasons may be largely Attributed to our Wonderful Balling Soil. 
There is no Other Just Like it. We have the soil that is “just right’ 
for Balling and Burlapping. The Ball is Cut out in one solid piece, 
often compared to Slicing a “piece of cheese. Note the solidity of the 
Ball in the illustration. 


B&B—Ready to Plant 
CAUTION 
Never lift Trees and shrubs by the Top. Lift the Ball Itself by 
grasping it with both hands around the Ball, or Larger Balls by 
making a Sling of Burlap, so as not to loosen Roots in the Ball, 
