Missouri Botanical 
Garden Bulletin 
Vol. II St. Louis, Mo., March, 1914 No. 3 
ROSE GROWING IN ST. LOUIS 
The growing of roses in this locality does not require the 
extreme amount of skill that has generally been supposed. 
On the contrary, successful rose growing is f atoccmeg provided 
a few general conditions of culture are understood and care- 
fully observed. The idea has become general that owing 
to the extreme weather conditions prevalent during the 
summer months in St. Louis, roses will bloom only during 
early summer and early fall. The experience with roses 
in the Garden last summer, however, demonstrated beyond 
all question that with reasonable care any unfavorable 
climatic influences in St. Louis can be successfully overcome, 
Although the weather was particularly trying, as regards 
temperature and moisture, the roses in the rose garden pre- 
sented an almost uninterrupted blooming period from early 
spring until late fall. The prime requisite for rose growing 
in this locality is an abundance of water; when other 
conditions are reasonably favorable, there should be no 
difficulty in getting roses to bloom continuously. While the 
following account has been prepared with the roses in the 
Garden particularly in mind. it should apply equally well 
to any rose garden in St. Louis or the immediate vicinity. 
THE ROSE GARDEN IN THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN 
_ The rose garden is located to the west of the administra- 
tion and laboratory building and directly south of the old 
Shaw mansion. ‘The central feature of the garden is a 
large price upon a raised embankment, the latter covered 
with four varieties of trailing roses. The pergola itself is 
gradually being overgrown with a number of climbing 
roses of the best sorts. The garden in general is conven- 
tional in design, being composed of numerous beds sepa- 
rated by straight and curved walks (see plan in the May, 
1913, Butterin). The main body of the beds lies to the 
north of the pergola and of the walk running through 
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