The "Corpse Flower".

The yard and all the gardens farther in front of this are the lily ponds and japanese gardens. Behind this is the picture below. The mansion.

The side view of the mansion. To the left of this pic is the green grass and trees that is in the pic above this one.

In the mansion on the library grounds, this little chapel was on the bottom floor at the end of the staircase. I love the stained glass windows, and it had a little altar to kneel down upon.






These were a bunch of strings with little tiny lights at the end of them that were powered solarly.

This was invented in 1534. Me and Chuck thought it was unreal that even back then they could pin point where the femoral artery was and where it could lead to. Also the heart is labeled with all the parts that we study to this day. This scientist had all the major veins and organs labeled and pointed out. It was pretty cool. All these pictures were in one of the museums at the library.

Benjamin Franklin. He is on the "C" note, which is the 100 dollar bill.

The solar green house where the corpse flower was.

This was just one of its far off cousins. Don't know the name but thought it was a cool looking flower.

The green leaves at the bottom of the flower with the maroon color at the top is the part that opens up.

This is the infamous Corpse Flower that only blooms once a year if your lucky. It dies and never comes back after it blooms. Its called the corpse flower because it smells really bad, almost close to a dead body. It will give off the scent for about 12 hours and then close back up and its done. They have to clone this flower in order to get it to bloom again. Pretty awesome site. It was at the Huntington Library.