Jane, 1916 
17 
3:15 
Mid - afternoon finds 
the hud fast asleep, 
dreaming hazily of 
another life to come 
5:15 
Two hours later it 
stirs uneasily, half 
conscious that night 
is fast approaching 
5:50 
By this time the 
flower has drawn a 
deep breath and its 
eyelids quiver open 
6:10 
Twenty minutes pass. 
In the growing dusk 
the heart of the flower 
throbs and expands 
6:25 
Until, in another 
quarter-hour, it at¬ 
tains the appearance 
of a real blossom 
6:50 
It must hurry. For 
one night only can it 
endure; the time is 
growing very short 
7:25 
Quickly spreading, 
then, its weird form 
develops magically; 
life lies just ahead 
7:50 
A few hours of full¬ 
blown perfection in 
the darkness. With 
the sunlight, death 
ITS NIGHT 
OUT 
Or 
OPM. 
The Night-Life of C e r e u s 
M acD on aldiae, 
Lasts but One Evening and Dies 
with the 
Photographs by Dr. E. Bade 
which 
Dawn 
