: ▁ ▁Release ▁and ▁redis cover y ▁The ▁Wonder ful ▁Rose - Tree , ▁advert ised ▁as ▁having ▁been ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁legend ▁from ▁H indu ism , ▁was ▁released ▁by ▁Mé li ès ' s ▁Star ▁Film ▁Company ▁and ▁is ▁number ed ▁ 6 3 4 – 6 3 6 ▁in ▁its ▁catalog ues . ▁It ▁was ▁sold ▁both ▁in ▁black - and - white ▁and , ▁at ▁a ▁higher ▁price , ▁in ▁a ▁hand - col oured ▁version . ▁Mé li ès ' s ▁catalog ue ▁says ▁that ▁the ▁film ▁" was ▁made ▁especially ▁for ▁color ing . ▁Its ▁charm ▁and ▁its ▁del icate ▁beauty ▁are ▁very ▁material ly ▁en hanced ▁by ▁the ▁intellig ent ▁and ▁harm on ious ▁color ing ▁of ▁our ▁artists ." ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁registered ▁for ▁American ▁copy right ▁at ▁the ▁Library ▁of ▁Congress ▁on ▁ 1 1 ▁October ▁ 1 9 0 4 . ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁pres umed ▁lost ▁until ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 s , ▁when ▁document ary ▁film m akers ▁of ▁S aving ▁Br inton ▁identified ▁a ▁single , ▁dam aged , ▁but ▁nearly ▁complete ▁black - and - white ▁print ▁in ▁a ▁collection ▁that ▁had ▁belonged ▁to ▁Frank ▁Br inton , ▁a ▁Mid western ▁American ▁travel ing ▁show man ▁of ▁Mé li ès ' s ▁era . ▁The ▁Br inton ▁collection ▁was ▁also ▁found ▁to ▁contain ▁another ▁Mé li ès ▁film ▁pres umed ▁lost , ▁The ▁Tri ple - Head ed ▁Lady . ▁The ▁Wonder ful ▁Rose - Tree