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Oft as light clouds o'ei-pass the summer glade, 

 Alanned, she trembles at the moving shade ; 

 And feels alive thi'ough all her tender form, 

 The whispered murmurs of the gathering stonn. 

 Shuts her sweet eye- lids to approaching night, 

 And hails with freshened charms the rising light." 



[Country Gentleman. 



Egyptian, or Mummy Corn. — Perhaps the most wonderful and 

 interesting specimen of the earth in the Horticultural Exhibition 

 recently closed, was some Egyptian Corn., raised in the garden of 

 Gen. Wm. H. Sumner, of Jamaica Plains, and kindly sent by him 

 for exhibition, thus giving thousands an opportunity of seeing one 

 of the greatest curiosities within our knowledge. The seed from 

 which this corn was raised, was taken from the folds of cloth lorap- 

 ped around a mummy three or four thousand years ago., and wonderful 

 as it may seem, after being entombed for so many centuries, like a 

 resurrection from the dead, it springs up in new life and vigor. It is 

 undoubtedly the kind of grain for which Joseph's brethren went in- 

 to the land of Egypt — the same 'corn' of which the Bible speaks. 

 It is luxuriant in its growth, and the heads resemble wheat, but are 

 very much larger, forming in inverted conical clusters as large as the 

 closed hand ; the kernels are large and very sweet to the taste, and 

 the stock and leaves are similar to our Indian Corn. There seems 

 to be no reason why it may not become a valuable addition to our 

 cereal productions, and thanks are due to the gentlemen who are 

 multiplying it and bringing it into notice. — i\^. Y. Eoenlng Post. 



Vegetable Eggs.— We arc indebted to E. Sanborn of Andover, 

 for specimens of some queer productions of nature. They are call- 

 ed vegetable eggs, and look for all the world, in shape, size and gen- 

 eral appearance, like Shanghai, or goose eggs. Dr. Sanborn informs 

 us that the seed came from the Patent Office at Washington. The 

 plant is a new production, and a bright ornament in the garden. If 

 planted by a shrub or tree which is not more than fifteen feet high, 

 the vine will run so as to nearly cover it with these apparent produc- 

 tions of ih.Q Shanghai, or goose. Dr. Sanborne has raised a large 

 number of these eggs, and will gladly distribute them wherever 

 they will be appreciated. — Boston Journal. 



