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Mallows or Hibiscus and Japanese Iris Ill 



Tall Hollyhocks to greet us through the open window 113 



Coral BeUs and Blue Flax 114 



St. John's Wort or Hypericum 115 



Lupines and Blue Lobeha 120 



Purple Loosetrife or Lythrum 123 



Maltese Cross, a form of Lychnis; Bee Balm or Monarda; the blazing 



^ Oriental Poppy 126 



Iceland Poppy 128 



Missouri Evening Primrose or CEnothera 129 



Peonies — everybody's flower 131 



Types of Peonies 133 



Hardy Phlox and Moss Pink or Phlox subulata 137 



The rampant growing False Dragon Head; Torrey's Bearded Tongue; 



Chinese Balloon Flower 140 



Plumbago and Knotweed or Polygonum 142 



Prhnroses 146 



Pyre thrum or Pink Daisy and Matilija Poppy or Romneya 148 



The Azure Sage is charming in the Fall months 150 



The showy Stonecrop and Aruncus Sylvester or Goat's Beard 153 



Meadow Rue or Thalictrum and Globe Flower or Trollius .155 



Veronica 157 



