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& MAR 2 ( 1945 ; 
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. i US Deparrent f Rariculty 
TO MY MANY FROWER -M NDBD-3 sat 
FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS.—For reasons is| 
that are perfectly obvious, I will not get out a 
descriptive catalogue this year—1945. I have 
added some varieties, and also discarded a few. 
The defense work I am now engaged on leaves 
but little time for yard and garden, consequently 
I don’t have the time to do anything that is not 
a MUST item, and getting out a catalogue is 
not a MUST job. Also, most of my flower- 
minded friends and customers are reasonably 
familiar with most of the varieties that have 
been out in the trade for a number of years, and 
so do not need descriptions, although blooming 
dates might be helpful—so I have included 
1 blooming dates. These blooming dates are ap- 
proximate only and advance as one goes south 
—for instance a variety in bloom here will not 
be in full bloom in New Orleans until a week 
later. And finally (I hope I will be pardoned 
for mentioning this), it is a fact that I now 
have such a list of customer-friends that I am 
certain my surplus will be taken off my hands 
in short order without the effort of preparing 
another catalogue. 
All general terms, conditions and informa- 
tion mentioned in my former catalogues apply, 
and I will be glad to mail a copy of previous 
_ years descriptive catalogue so long as my sup- 
ply of old catalogues lasts. 
Anyway, listed within under approprite cap- 
tions are the varieties I can supply plants of 
this spring. These will be plants—not rooted 
cuttings, (am not shipping any rooted cuttings 
this year) and they will be carefully packed and 
sent to you by prepaid parcel post. If interested 
in quantity, most standard and not-too-scarce 
varieties can be furnished in lots of 25 and mul- 
tiples thereof, at 10 cents each, but this should 
be confirmed in each case before ordering, as I 
may be short on the particular variety wanted. 
F. A. SPIVEY 
“The Chrysanthemum Man” 
P. O. Box 574 
MONTGOMERY 1, ALA. 

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