No. 533—NICKELTYPES $15.00 
Tithonia Speciosa Grandiflora Fireball (Bodger) 
D AZZLING as a ball of fire poised high above other flowers, Fireball is, un¬ 
doubtedly, the last word in brilliance of color in a fall blooming plant. 
Many who have known and enjoyed Tithonia Speciosa have considered it the 
brightest possible flower for fall use. With the introduction, however, of Fireball, 
this older variety is entirely overshadowed. Fireball is a very brilliant, vibrant 
shade of scarlet orange, the petals in dazzling contrast to the clear yellow 
center. The gaily colored flowers are single, very large, 4 V 2 to 5 inches in 
diameter, and are carried on fine long stems. The plants are very tall, some 
reaching a height of 8 or 9 feet, with a fairly heavy growth of grayish green, 
woolly foliage. They are, however, neat in appearance, filling in well from 
the very base of the plant to the top, and unlike the older Tithonia Speciosa do 
not become ragged looking. In southern warm districts, seed should be sown 
in late spring outdoors, while in the northern sections it should be started 
indoors and the plants set out after danger of frost has passed. Tithonia Fireball 
is a tender annual, flowering late in the season, and is not subject to plant 
diseases. It is extremely showy in the garden and an excellent new cut flower 
variety. The flowers will keep five or six days when cut. We have every con¬ 
fidence that Fireball will be one of the headline flowers of the 1938 season. 
No. 7722 .... Price per oz., $1.30 Per lb., $15.00 
Approximately 4,000 seeds per ounce. 
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