Show rare flower shows three blooms and fourth bloom fo following 11 night r 4 mrs dora allsop views with pride the night blooming cirrus that bloomed in her home last thursday night with three blos the following night a A closer view of the delicate and lovely night blooming cirrus that was viewed by a number of visitors at the home of mrs geo allsop on thursday night div last thursday night found a large number of tooele thoele people vis biting the home of mrs george all sop at south main street to see one of the town s most inter esting natural phenomena a night blooming cirrus aunt dora as mrs allsop is affectionately known to her close friends and relatives received the plant as a gift from her daughter mrs vera koehler of kellog idaho about six years ago since that time she has tended it with the same careful touch she gives all of her fourth blossom came out few flower fanciers have such sue suc cess with this flower as mrs all sop has had ukla T A 0 aum gracean grace en studio ing an idea of the translucent beauty ot of this rare flower pure white with yellow at the heart the blooms lasted through the nighttime hours only flowers and the plant has seemed reciprocate by outdoing itself in the number of delicate blooms it produced the plant itself is a tropical var bety a km kin to the cactus family from the edge of its rubbery leaves a tiny bud no birger larger than a pin head springs within a month this speck grows until it becomes a huge white flower sometimes as much as nine inches across which hangs suspended in a gentle sweep ing curve from the thin edge of the leaf from which it sprang the flowers are delicately formed with an intricate pattern of lacework and frills reaching deep into their long stems they have a heavy sweet cloying odor about 8 0 clock on the night they are ready the great buds begin to open slowly and reach their full glory after it is totally dark As the morning light begins to touch them they close and soon died the plant produces its masterpiece to be marvelled marvellee marvel led at for one night only ordinarily the plant blooms dur ing the summer months and usual ly produces only one or two flow ers but on this occasion the plant which bloomed once before this year outdid itself in producing three flowers at once and had a fourth which bloomed the next night |