Show Tit LARGEST FLOVTER IT WEIGHS TVVKXTYTAVO rOCSDS AND IS A YARD IN DIAMETER In the farthest southeastern island 1 of the Philippine group MIndinao upon one of its mountains laragin the neighborhood of the highest peak on the islaudthe volcano b a party ofbolanheal oath ethnographical ethnograph-ical explorers found recently at the height of 2500 feet above the sea level a colossal flower The discoverer dis-coverer Dr Alexander Schaden coyerr berg scarcely 1 lee his sry brg eyes when ho saw amid the low growing bushes the Immense buds of this flower like gigantic brown 1 cabbage heads But he was still more astonished when ho founds specimen mor in lull bom1I lIUe flower nearly a yard in diameter tower lcr In fact as bro as a carriage wheel This enormous blossom was born on a sort of vine creeping on the ground The native who accom ranted Dr Schadenberg called it halo The party iad no scale by which the weight of the tower could be ascertained but they Improvised a swinging scale using their boxes and specimens n w eight Weigh FjclmeD served Ing these when opportunity it was lound that a single flower weighed over twentytwo pounds I was Imiosslbie to transport the fresh tlower S the travelers photographed photo-graphed It I and dried a number of its CI by the heat r a fire Dr Sehadeuberg C then sent time photographs photo-graphs and dried specimens t the Royal Botanical Garden Brcslau where the learned director immediately immedi-ately recognized It ns a species of Rinieslj n plant formerly di covered cover-ed 01 Sumatra and named after the Knglish Governor Sir Stamford Raffles Tho hew flower was nc cordiigly named Rafllesia Schad onlwrgia The five petals of this immense fyo lower nro oval and creamy white and grow around 1 center filled vlolethued with countless long sLimenS Ullcker < and longer In the fertile flower than In the Infertile The Uardcntr |