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taken up with some of its variations; perhaps the 
sweet brier(Rosa rubiginosa) and Lord Penzance’s 
famous hybrids, of which there are at least fifteen. 
In time add the other briers, notably the Austrian; 
there are some wonderful yellow and coppery tones. 
Going in for double bedding roses as a hobby 
means, of course, concentrating on one of a few 
classes and then selecting from a bewildering array 
of names. The hybrid tea, now the chief bedding 
rose, has two hundred and fifty varieties in one 
catalogue and a third as many hybrid perpetuals, 
neither list being more than the especially desirable 
varieties. In the same catalogue the dwarf polyan- 
tha roses number about thirty and the Rosa rugosa 
variations fourteen. A combination of carefully 
selected hybrid teas and the best of the climbing 
roses would be an excellent one. 
One amateur divides his hobby interest very 
agreeably by concentrating on the hardy primrose 
(Primula) for spring and the hardy chrysanthe- 
mum for autumn. He rather envies a Scotch phy- 
sician who grows more than one hundred and 
twenty-five primulas, with any number of varieties, 
and a friend nearer home whose named chrysanthe- 
mums are above two score. But this amateur wisely 
limits himself for the present to about a dozen of 
the hardiest primula species and less than twenty 
varieties of chrysanthemums. When he has the 
time to take proper care of more he will possess 
them, not before. The primulas are among the 
most charming of subjects for a flower hobby. 
