After a Year in the Dark 
The big cactus leaf shown here lay forgotten for one year, in 
a dark closet in Mr. Burbank’s old homestead. By accident, the 
door of the closet was left open for a few days, allowed a faint light 
to reach it, and the slab responded by throwing out a large bul 
sickly looking baby slab toward the light. During its year tm 
the dark, this slab of course had no moisture except what 
was contained within itself and the only evidence of 
its deprivation is shown by the fact that al the 
bottom of the slab and in other spots the 
fiber has begun to turn to wood, 
