This rose, which commanded so many words of favor last season, and induced many to purchase, is said, by a writer in the London Journal of Horticulture, to be, as recorded, a beautiful rose, when the true one is obtained; but he says there have been two roses sent out under that name, one of which gives few or no flowers, and is different also in its foliage. We quote :

"Marechal Mel Rose was raised by a young gardener named Pradel, somewhere in the south of France. M. Eugene Verdier, of Paris, became the possessor of the stock, or original plant. It is said that Pradel sent to M. Verdier two seedlings without distinguishing them. In the belief that both of these plants were of the same kind, propagation was proceeded with from them indiscriminately; hence arose the confusion, for which M. Verdier is responsible, if not to blame. Be it as it may, great annoyance has been felt, and it is but due to the public that some explanation should be offered to clear away the uncertainty at present existing. Should this statement be even an approximation to the truth, it will be quite evident that our nurserymen are quite free from any blame attached to the distribution of the wrong kind. It will also be remembered that the manner in which Marechal Niel was first sent out was not altogether unobjectionable.

"The pseudo Marechal Mel may be distinguished from the true one by its habit, foliage, and flowers. The habit is less robust and more straggling; the foliage of a deeper green, resembling that of Isabella Gray; the leaves smaller and more pointed ; the flowers are smaller, hard in opening, but when open of a deeper yellow, but in no point so good as the right variety.