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People Crazy about Miniatures 
From FLORISTS EXCHANGE—May 24, 1941 
The striking exhibit of the Conard-Pyle Co. at the 
Philadelphia Flower Show this March, a formal 
garden of miniature Roses in full bloom, was 
masterly recognition of a present-day fad which 
must not be ignored. People are crazy about 
miniatures. They buy innumerable tiny figures in 
shops, representing creatures of every kind and 
description, and mount them on display in their 
homes for family and friends to examine. Garden 
clubs specialize in miniatures—tiny receptacles 
containing little sprays of flowers. Rock gardens 
pay less attention to large masses of floral display, 
and more to dainty little flowering things. One 
thing after another is brought into prominence, and 
if it is tiny, its praises are sung. Miniature Roses 
have an ardent appeal. Conard-Pyle’s garden 
display is said to have attracted crowds all day 
long. Their little Rose plants are perfect miniatures 
of those of usual size, and the public gloats over 
them in much the same spirit as they would over 
jewels of splendor. To develop or harbor a fad 
is a good commercial enterprise. 
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3" pots, immediate or spring delivery. 
o MIDGET. A Red Circle Rose 
(de Vink). Cerise. Patent 466. The Conard-Pyle Company 
New color in miniatures—cerise-rose. Plants and blooms 
similar to Tom Thumb. Newest variety, introduced Fall 1940. 
Retail: $1.00 each; 3 for $2.50 
Wholesale: 60¢ each; 10 for $5.50; 100 for $50. 
o TOM THUMB. A Red Circle Rose 
(de Vink). Red. Patent 169. The Conard-Pyle Company 
Tom Thumb, the variety which brought about the craze 
for miniatures, won its way at national and other Flower 
Shows. It leads the procession with deep crimson flower 
and dainty foliage almost as attractive. 
Retail: 75¢ each; 3 for $1.88 
Wholesale: 45¢ each; 10 for $4.00; 100 for $35. 
ROULETTI 
Pink. Sometimes called ‘‘Fairy Chinese Rose’’. 
This original Miniature Rose is a rock garden gem with rose- 
pink blooms. Healthy and hardy, it blooms continuously. 
The quite double flowers are an inch or more in diameter. 
It is a gem for rockeries, for edging, and for children’s gardens. 
Retail: 50¢ each; 3 for $1.25 
Wholesale: 30¢ each; 10 for $2.50; 100 for $20. 
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