Constantine Samuel Rafinesque. 



who have devoted themselves to fishes. It is from 

 the same type as the several papers above enumerated, 

 and was issued in a very small edition. 



118. Prodrome d une Monographic des Rosiers de I Amerique Septen- 



trionale, contenant la description de quinze especes nouvelles 

 et vingt varieties. (Annales Generates des Sciences Physiques 

 [Bruxelles], Tome V, pp. 210-220. 1820.) 



119. Sur le Genre Houstonia et Description de Plusieurs Especes 



Nouvelles. (Annales Generales des Sciences Physiques [Brux 

 elles], Tome V, pp. 224-227. 1820.) 



120. The Western Minerva, or American Annals of Knowledge and 



Literature; a Quarterly Journal to be published in Lexing 

 ton, Kentucky. Un peu de tout. Prospectus. (Kentucky Re 

 porter, October 16, 1820.) 



This is the title of a journal, planned by Rafinesque, 

 of which the first number was published in January, 

 1821. Of the edition, the size of which is unknown, 

 Rafinesque saved only three copies. The printer refused 

 him the remainder of the edition without payment, and 

 the whole, with the exception of the three copies secured 

 by Rafinesque, was destroyed. Later, in one of his publi 

 cations, Rafinesque advertises one of these for sale, at 

 a valuation of five dollars, remarking that it was &quot;a 

 unique copy.&quot; For several weeks the Kentucky Reporter 

 had published a column advertisement of this proposed 



