GRIFFING NURSERIES, BEAUMONT, TEXAS 
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PLANT BIG OAK TREES 

and Are 
Everlasting. 
Spanish Live Oak trees planted along the front of our Nursery 
showing how they naturally shape after a short period of growth. 
SPECIFY PRUNING REQUIRE- 
MENTS! 
For the best results in planting 
Oak trees, we urge you to let us use 
our best judgment in pruning the 
tops when we dig your orders for 
shipment. Full tops left only at 
purchaser’s special request and risk. 
We recommend stripping of all leaves 
and thinning out small limbs. 
PRUNING OAKS 
Our Oaks are given careful atten- 
tion, all FORKS BEING CUT out, 
with the CENTER STEM retained, 
forcing all branches to come out hori- 
zontally from the main trunk. With 
this training, the center stem con- 
tinues to grow upward, and the hori- 
zontal branches form a_ beautiful 
tree. 
As the tree grows older, the side 
branches predominate, making the 
tree broader with age, and TRULY 
MAJESTIC in its beauty. When trees 
are trained in this way, in case of a 
storm, there are not a lot of forked 
branches at the trunk to cause the 
tree to split and ruin its shape. 
WE DO NOT RECOMMEND THE 
COMMON PRACTICE OF ‘“TOP- 
PING’? OAK TREES. 
XXX Grades — Defoilate and re- 
move branches under 4 in. size. 
XX Grades—Defoliate and prune 
branches 2 or more. 
B&B SPANISH LIVE OAKS READY 
FOR LOADING 
Our orders for Live Oak trees are 
dug promptly from our large fields 
of trees. Affter they are B&B 
(Balled and Burlapped) and wirred 
if necessary, we haul them to the 
Railroad - siding to be loaded onto 
Railroad cars for shipment. Trees are 
pruned and ready for shipment be- 
fore they leave the field. 

DECIDUOUS OAKS 
PIN OAK Quercus palustris 
Deciduous Shade Tree. This is 
the Northern type of Pin Oak, 
which is very similar to the native 
Spanish Oaks in West Texas. Large 
forked leaves of rich green color, 
changing to searlet in the Fall. Rap- 
id grower. Our trees have excep- 
tionally straight trunks and shapely 
heads. 
RED OAK 
Large leaf, deciduous, however 
turns brilliant scarlet in Fall before 
it sheds it foliage. 
Quercus rubra 
WILLOW OAK 
Quercus phellos 
Deciduous Shade Tree. Upright 
growth with uniform rounded heads. 
Smooth bark, uniform straight trunks; 
vigorous growing tree, especially 
adapted for wet or damp places. The 
leaves are long and narrow. Errone- 
ously called Southern Pin Oak. 
SHIPMENT VIA GONDOLA FREIGHT CARS 
They Live— 
They Grow— 
They Give Results 
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VIEW OF SPANISH LIVE 
OAK TREES IN FIELD 

WATER OAK 
Quercus nigra 
Deciduous Shade Tree. In _ the 
South, its foliage does not shed un- 
til a heavy freeze. Some seasons it 
stays evergreen along the Gulf Coast 
the whole year. A tall growing tree, 
with rounded uniform top. The up- 
right branches and straight trunk 
makes this tree desirable for shade 
and street planting. 
Class Caliper Min. Height XX XXX 
BGB 1% in. 6 ft. $.5.60 
BGB 112 in. 8 ft. 7.90 
B&B 2. in. 10 ft. 10.80 
B&B 212 in. 12 ft. 16.25 
BGB 3 in. 14 ff. 21.00 
BGB 5 in. 22 ft. $48.00 54.00 
B&B 6 in. 24 ft. 54.00 73.00 
B&B 7 in. 28 ft. 73.00 90.00 
B&B 8 in. 30 ft. 90.00 108.00 
SPECIMEN LIVE OAK 
