The truth of revelation : demonstrated by an appeal to existing monuments, sculptures, gems, coins, and medals . 253 symbols of abundance. Indian corn has sometimes,though rarely, presented the singular phenomenon ofseven ears on one stem. This figure represents the. Triticum Compositum, the Egyptian, or many-spiked wheat, called also the corn of abundance: it is principally cultivated inEgypt, sometimes in Italy. The ear is bearded likebarley, as is often seen on Graeco-Egyptian coins. Theimportant peculiarity of this interesting species consistsin the composite form of the ear, composed of s
The truth of revelation : demonstrated by an appeal to existing monuments, sculptures, gems, coins, and medals . 253 symbols of abundance. Indian corn has sometimes,though rarely, presented the singular phenomenon ofseven ears on one stem. This figure represents the. Triticum Compositum, the Egyptian, or many-spiked wheat, called also the corn of abundance: it is principally cultivated inEgypt, sometimes in Italy. The ear is bearded likebarley, as is often seen on Graeco-Egyptian coins. Theimportant peculiarity of this interesting species consistsin the composite form of the ear, composed of severalspikelets. This kind of vrheat will bear extremes ofheat and drought, without injury; it is thus remarkablyadapted to arid lands, where it is chiefly cultivated;beautifully illustrative of the fact, that there might be corn in Egypt when there was drought and dearthin other lands. Egypt has been renowned for its fer- 254 tility from the remotest times, and more than oncebeen the granary of imperial Rome. Among theantiquities of the British Museum, will be found ampleevidence of this fact, in the Egyptian figures, and therich sheaves of corn v^^ith v^hich they are burdened, aspourtrayed on the plaster affixed to the walls in one ofthe compartments. It ma
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