MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 



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account of the large amount of soil that must accompany the 

 plants. 



Varieties to Plant. — The leading rose growers list many 

 varieties, but only a limited number are successful in this 

 vicinity. The following hybrid tea and polyantha roses have 

 done well in the Garden and can be relied upon in St. Louis: 



Admiral Ward 



Betty 



Clotilde Soupert (polyantha) 



Coquette des Alpes (hybrid 



noisette) 

 Duchess of Wellington 

 Florence Pemberton 

 General MacArthur 

 Gruss an Teplitz 

 Katherine Zeimet (polyantha) 

 Killarney Queen 

 Lady Alice Stanley 

 Lady Ash town 

 La France 



La Tosca 



.Mine Abel Chatenay 



Mine. Leon Pain 



Miss Cynthia Forde 



Mrs. Aaron Ward 



Mrs. A. R. Waddell 



Mrs. Franklin Dennison 



My Maryland 



Ophelia 



Orleans (polyantha) 



Radiance 



Rodliatte (polyantha) 



Souv. de Pres. Carnot 



Wellesley 



As a rule, the hybrid perpetuals thrive and withstand the 

 winter better than any other class of roses, their only dis- 

 advantage being the short season of bloom. The best varieties 

 in the Garden are: 



Baron de Bonstetten 



Baroness Rothschild 



Capt. Hayward 



Clio 



Duke of Teck 



Fran Karl Druschki 



General Jacqueminot 



The following climbers do well: 



Hugh Dickson 

 J. B. Clarke 

 Ma^na Charta 

 Margaret Dickson 

 Mme. Charles Wood 

 Mrs. John Laing 

 Ulrich Brunner 



Lady Gay 

 Silver Moon 

 Tausendschon 



Dorothy Perkins 

 Dr. Van Fleet 

 Excelsa 



When (nid How to Plant. — Dormant plants may be set out 

 if the ground is free from frost, otherwise they should be 

 stored in some sheltered position, but not in a warm room or 

 basement where the buds will start prematurely. Hybrid tea 

 roses should be placed eighteen inches apart and hybrid per- 

 petuals two to three feet. For mass effect they may be planted 

 closer. 



Budded stock should be planted so that the crown, the part 

 from which the shoots arise, is two to three inches below the 

 surface, and pot plants should have the ball of earth from 

 one to two inches below the level of the bed. The holes for 

 receiving the plants should be large enough to avoid bending 



