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TIDY TIPS. (See Layia elegans.) 
TIGRIDIA hybrida (Mexican Flame Flower). Per. 
Red, yellow, orange, and rose-pink flowers resem¬ 
bling open tulips, extremely large and showy for 
the garden (flowers last but a day, but bloom 
freely); pleated grass-like foliage; form bulbs; 15 
inches; sow March to June for bloom second 
summer. Hybrids Mixed. Pkt., 25c. 
Tithonia Fireball Tigridia Hybrida 
TITHONIA speciosa (Mexican Sunflower). 
Orange-scarlet, glistening flowers, like large single 
Zinnias, on rapid-growing, shrub-like annual for 
backgrounds and cutting; 6 to 8 feet; sow March 
to June. Germination period 25 days. 
Bright Orange. 
Fireball, new vivid orange-scarlet. Pkts., 15c. 
TORENIA Fournieri. 
Rich blue, snapdragon-like flowers, with golden 
lips, for pots or beds; 9 inches; sow April to July. 
Germination period 2 weeks. Pkt., 15c. 
TRACHELIUM coeruleum. Per. 
Tiny flowers in large, feathery heads, long¬ 
stemmed and excellent for cutting as well as gar- 
den-show; IV 2 feet; sow Feb. to May. Pkt., 15c. 
TRITOMA (Red Hof Poker; Kniphofia). Per. 
Red, orange and yellow flowers, in large spear- 
shaped heads; foliage grass-like; 3 feet; sow 
March to June; early sowings often bloom first 
season. Germ, period 3 weeks. Hybrids Mixed; 
Pfitzer’s Hybrid Red, large and brilliant. Pkts., 
15c. 
VALERIANA (Garden Heliotrope; Cenfranthus). Per. 
Rose, red, white, fragrant small flowers in heads, 
very freely produced; 2% feet; sow December to 
April. Rose-red, White, and Mixed. Pkts., 10c. 
Thunbergia alata 
Packet. 10c. 
Venidium. Pkt., 15c 
VENIDIUM fastuosum. 
Glossy orange daisies with purple-black zone, 4 to 
5 inches across, striking in the garden or cut; 2 
to 3 feet; sow March to May. Germination period 
12 to 25 days. Vivid Orange; New Hybrids, in a 
mixture of shades from orange through yellows 
to cream and white, more drought-resistant than 
the Vivid Orange. Pkts., 15c. 
