A Living Refrigerator 



In this direct color photograph print it will be seen that 



the stems and leaves are covered with formations which appear 



to be tiny icicles. The plant is known as the ice plant, and the 



icicles, in fact, are stored up moisture which it saves up against 



the heat of the sun. The need for this extra moisture 



is not apparent where this plant now grows, and 



it is reasoned, therefore, that the plant 



has been stranded, at some time or 



another in its history, in some 



unusually hot, dry climate. 



