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tree peonies. They require good soil and 
care, and grow large ; they are sometimes 
difficult to establish and expensive to buy, but 
are very beautiful. Red, pink, mauve, and 
white. Once planted, peonies should not be 
moved. 
Pentstemon barbatus .—2 to 4 or 5 feet high, 
scarlet, trumpet-shaped flowers hanging down. 
Also many florist varieties ; these are not so 
hardy, but have larger blooms and are not so 
tall. 
Phlomis fructicosus .—A handsome nettle¬ 
like plant, with yellow flowers. 
Phlox .—Many florist varieties. Pink, red 
and white, 2 to 3 feet, large heads of flowers. 
They like being well watered. 
Potentilla .—Several florist varieties. Yellow, 
orange, bronze, and red. Like a tall-growing 
“ silver weed.” 
Pyrethrum carneum. — Double and single 
varieties. Red or pink, 1 to 2 feet. Like 
double ox-eye daisies. 
Ranunculus aconitifolius (double variety) 
(fair maids of France).—Small double white 
flowers, many on each stem, like tiny rosettes, 
1 to 3 feet. 
Rudbeckia californica ,—5 feet, yellow, daisy¬ 
shaped flower, with dark cone-shaped centre. 
Spircza (meadow sweet ).—Spircea Aruncus 
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