GRADING TREES BY QUALITY 






to serve our old and new patrons, 
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 near Beau- 
mont, Texas, except Roses and a few Fruit Trees, which are 
grown under contract and our supervision. 
The growing of Nursery Stock is a highly specialized business 
requiring an exact knowledge of plants and_ horticultural and 
scientific methods. After 50 years of successful growing, we can 
without boasting claim to be experts in our line. 
Through costly experiments, we have been able to determine 
the most hardy and suitable varieties for the Southwestern terri- 
tory, and on these varieties, we have concentrated our main efforts 
so that our large 200-acre Nursery may yield am abundance of 
these plants 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. 
WHAT IS B&B? 
Moving a Tree with THE ROOTS in the DIRT IN WHICH IT 
GREW. The Griffing method of B&B has upset all traditional 
customs about TIME OF PLANTING, size that CAN BE 
PLANTED, and has eliminated years from planting TIME to the 
day when the effect is really visible. 
ADVANTAGES OF B&B 
When Trees and Shrubs are TRANSPLANTED B&B they dae 
they REQUIRE LESS maintenance; they do not require SE ERE 
PRUNI TO MAR THEIR Appearance; they are EASIER to 
PLANT, and a year or more IS GAINED in the GROWTH of 
a B&B Tree over one PLANTED NB. 
Plants like people are individuals, and all ROOT SYSTEMS are 
not alike; therefore, balling cannot BE MECHANICALLY done 
for the sake of LOOKS and the best results secured. Our men 
are TRAINED TO DIG our Trees and Shrubs with Balls to 
hbo the ROOT SYSTEMS of the Plants FOR SAFE trans- 
planting. 
HOW BALLING AND BURLAPPING (B&B) 
IS DONE— 
Look at the photographs, showing the procedure of digging, lift- 
ing FROM H LE, and casing with strong BURLAP. The 
feeding roots are in the BALL. The moisture and SOIL is held 
INTACT. No shock results from DIGGING. Plants start growth 
MORE RAPIDLY. The loss among balled era IS NEGLIG- 
IBLE and with proper care and attention AFTER PLANTING 
in the way of WATER AND CULTIVATION, there is no necessity 
of LOSING A PLANT. 
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. 
GRIFFING AND QUALITY 
QUALITY NURSERY STOCK AND THE NAME “GRIFFING” has been associated together for over 
fifty years. To the Trade, as well as the public, GRIFFING’S TREES are known to mean the Best Qual- 
ity, produced under the most adaptable conditions. It is with this same emblem of Quality that we aim © 


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 give results. It comes from a Firm 
with a record of long tested values of Quality Production. 
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 ac- 
cordingly. We 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. 
XX AND XXX PRICES 
Throughout this list, you will find the schedule of prices are ac- 
a to X’s. 
XXX indicates strictly heavy, low branched, choice Trees or 
Shrubs. 
XX indicates well developed, medium branched, good merchan- 
table Trees or Shrubs. 
X indicates poor quality, measured by height. All Nursery rows 
have some. ot 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 Sys- 
tem so those who come to the Nursery and those who do not 
come, get exact Quality of 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 fash- 
ioned way of letting the Professional Buyers select the choice of 
the stock early in, the Season of 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 profitable for us to carry on. Their patronage is ap- 
preciated, 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. 
IRRIGATION 
This is one of the facilities WE APPRECIATE MOST in, the 
production of quality Nursery Stock. Fresh Neches River WATER 
can be applied through FOOD IRRIGATION anytime OF THE 
YEAR. In this way the plants never suffer OF GROWTH, in- 
stead a compact ROOT GROWTH is developed. No. roots have 
TO SEEK moisture for a LONG DISTANCE. The illustration 
shows the VALUE OF THIS in digging B&B Plants for trans- 
planting and saving of ROOT SYSTEM. 
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PLANTS GROWN ON 
IRRIGATED LAND 
LOSE 5% CF ROOTS 
PLANTS GROWN ON 
MON-IRRIGATED LAND 
LOSE 40% OF ROOTS 
