A WOODEN FLOWER 



A LTHOUGH the subject of our illustration has a super- 

 ^*" ficial resemblance to a flower, it is likely that every- 

 body is aware that such a thing" as a real wooden flower does 

 not exist. This fact, however, has not prevented the news- 

 paper scientist from spinning most horrendous yarns about 

 it. It is reported to grow "in crevasses on the side of Mt. 



