SPECIAL MESSAGE TO The Trade: 
ear Friends and Customers, 
; PEACE is with us again, for which we are most thankful! It has been a LONG HARD FIGHT, for the ones 
in the Armed Forces, and for us at home, but we are Americans and keep on until we win. As the Nation again 
turns to Peace time conditions, let’s hope that the renewed interest in Homes will be forthcoming, and the building of 
more AND BETTER HOMES ffor the future! 
Conditions now change from Wartime conditions to that of reconversion to Peace time conditions, and with it comes 
a TRANSITION from HIGH LEVELS down to a normalcy that we can expect to continue. For a while 
we may expect some uncertain conditions to prevail, but after our Service men return home, labor is available for 
civilian use, supplies for building are available, and other equipment we will note the change in normal business once 
more. By late Fall or early Spring you will need lots of Plant Materials for GENERAL LANDSCAPE plantings, 
and there seems to be no big surplus of most Trees and Shrubbery in good quality on the market today. 
Our Stocks of Trees and Shrubbery are still quite complete, despite the lack of new plantings during War times, 
and what we do have is of excellent Quality; and prices will be pretty much the same this year despite the higher 
labor we have paid for growing it and general care and cultivation. This policy we believe is best, as we want to 
encourage the public to CONTINUE LANDSCAPING, rather than stop because of prices being too high. Fruit 
Trees and Roses are scarce and too high to offer to our Wholesale Trade this year, as we only handle these under 
contract and have no control over prices. Our Landscape material is offered to our customers therefore in our usual 
good Quality way of handling, and we aim to render the same efficient and prompt service to our Customers in the 
tuture. 
We wish to thank all of our many Hundreds of Customers for the business entrusted to us for them in the past, 
and on these same merits of furnishing good Quality Nursery Stock, properly grown and prepared for transplanting, 
we solicit your orders for the Current Season. 
PRESENT MANAGEMENT 
W. C. Griffing, who has been AT THE HEAD of Griffing Nurseries SINCE ITS BEGINNING, is proud 
to have ASSOCIATED with him his son Lieut. Ralph C. Griffing, since his graduation from Texas A. & M. College, 
in 19380 and now just returned home from 4 years service in U. S. Army and 18 months overseas. and it is 
THEIR INTENTION to carry on the Nursery Busiizess THE GRIFFING WAY, symbolizing Quality Nurs- 
ery Stock, and satisfied customers. 

WAGTERS CUGRIEEING, .bethet, LIEUT. RALPH C. GRIFFING, Son 
of these classes than any other SOUTHERN NURSERY. We 
THE GRIFFING SUED have been able to determine the most hardy and SUITABLE 
VARIETIES for this section, and on these we have concentrated 
With a love ot GARDENING INSTILLED by STURDY WELSH our MAIN EFFORTS, that our large 300 ACRE NURSERY yield 
PARENTS, rich in old world lore, the Griffings have, for more an abundance of these plants to meet the ever increasing demand. 
than HALF A CENTURY, devoted their energies to seeking NEW 
VARIETIES, improving pid gS tet Se 9 among 
their EVER WIDENING circles o - » plants ; - 
that will add to an beauty and livableness of the Southern Home. BUY WITH CONFIDENCE! 
Thus was the beginning of the present Organization, which 
irrigatio ilities, Our Customers are always welcome to visit our Nurseries and 
kas fA dpe aad F Les NORTHWEST Tea AUMONT. make their selections in person, but they do not have to do this 
where the present OFFICES ARE LOCATED, where we have in order to get good selections of Landscape materials Old 
lenty of CHOICE BEAUMONT BALLING SOIL for growing customers have found this true and it saves them time and 
Wege Stock, and PRIVATE SIDE TRACKS for loading. worry by ordering stock of standardized quality and let us make 
zg : the selections. 
With curtailed travel and limited time for personal trips, let us 
QUANTITIES OF BROADLEAF urge more customers to place the responsibility with us to make 
your selections. Just make up your orders and specify Quality 
For many years we have specialized in the production of BROAD- and heights desired. Try us and be pleased with our selections and 
LEAF and Coniferous EVERGREENS, probably producing more our service too! 
