80 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
THE ROSE GARDEN IN THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN 
The rose garden is located to the west of the administration 
and laboratory building and directly south of the old Shaw 
residence. The central feature of the garden is a large 
pergola upon a raised embankment, the north side of the 
latter being covered with four varieties of trailing roses. 
The pergola itself is gradually being overgrown with a num- 
ber of climbing roses of the best sorts. The garden in gen- 
eral is conventional in design, being composed of numerous 
beds separated by straight and curved walks (see plan). 
About half of the beds lie to the north of the pergola and 
of the walk running through it, which connects the admin- 
istration building with the medicinal garden. This path 
is marked on either side by occasional sentinel-like standard 
roses connected by hedges of other varieties. The east and 
south sides of the Garden are bordered by a hedge of 
“Clotilde Soupert” roses, dotted at intervals with iron posts 
upon which many varieties of climbing roses are growing. 
e entrances to the garden through this hedge are marked 
by arches, harmonizing in design with the pergola. 
To the south of the pergola are a number of new beds 
containing some 1,300 plants, comprising about seventeen 
varieties which have been demonstrated as being among 
those which succeed best in St. Louis. While none of these 
plants is over three years old and most of them only two 
years old, they have already given an abundance of flowers 
this season. 
MAKING A ROSE GARDEN 
Location.—Roses are entitled to the choicest location in a 
yard. Good exposure to the sun, and proper protection from 
prevailing winds will do much to make the rose garden a 
success. While a location with a full-day sun exposure is 
much to be preferred, it is not absolutely essential, and where 
a choice must be made it is best to give roses the morning 
sun. Beds should not be located near trees or shrubbery. 
Roses are heavy feeders and for their best development re- 
quire an unusual amount of fertilizer; when planted near 
trees or shrubbery, the roots of the latter deplete the soil of 
nourishment, with the result that the roses suffer. If, how- 
ever, planting in close proximity to trees and shrubs is un- 
avoidable, it is advisable each year to dig a trench (about 
a foot wide and two or three feet deep) around the rose bed 
and fill with well-rotted cow manure. This procedure will 
tend to prevent the roots of shrubs from actually enterin 
the rose bed. Sometimes a concrete wall is conbesioted 
deep enough to prevent this encroachment. 
