It appears that this has rosy flowers as well as rosy leaves, which will give it an additional interest. It is a pity it was given a Latin name as if it were a distinct species, as it is only a purple leaved variety of the Myro-balan plum, of which the well known Mirser or Cherry is also a variety. The blood leaved cherry plum would have been a much better name, and the plants would sell better, as no one knows that Prunus Pissardi is any thing more than " some kind of a plum." It was found by Mr. Pissard, gardener to the Shah of Persia. His name in Latin has been well advertised, but it does not help advertise the plant.

In excuse for giving this garden variety a Latin specific name, it is said that M. Carriere, of Paris, believed it to be a species on the representation that it was found wild at Taurus, a Persian town about 230 miles from Teheran. He has since fruited it,and seedlings show it to be only a purple variety of the Myrobalan plum, as has already been noted in this magazine. The Purple-leaved Myrobalan plum, will be the best garden name for it.