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SCIENCE. 



[N. S. Vol. XII. No. 293. 



etc. This character is from the imperfect 

 account of Michaux, who did not mention 

 the shape of the perigone nor sepals ; but 

 the bracteated white fragrant flowers appear 

 to entitle it to be deemed a peculiar species. 

 Native of the Alleghany Mountains. Var. 

 1. Punctata. Flowers with red dots inside." 

 Signed C. S. Eafinesque, and dated Lex- 

 ington, 10th September, 1819.] 



Pages 43-4C. Agriculture. Practical Re- 

 marks and Results on the Agriculture of the 

 Western States, or on the Cultivation of 

 Corn, Wheat, Hemp and Tobacco in 1820. 

 [Signed Agricola ; dated Fayette county, 

 Ky., 16th November, 1820.] 



Pages 47, 48. Manufactures. On the 

 various Manufactures from Flour. [Signed 

 Agricola.] 



Pages 49-52. Statistics. Statistical View 

 of the Town of Lexington in Kentucky, in 

 December, 1820 [p. 49. Signed M.]. View 

 of the Public Institutions for Instruction in 

 Spain and the United States [p. 50. Anony- 

 mous]. United States of America [p. 51. 

 Signed Mentor]. Remarks on Public In- 

 struction in the State of New York [pp. 51, 

 52. Signed Mentor] . 



Pages 53-57. Archasology. Alleghawee 

 Antiquities of Fayette County, Ky., in a 

 letterof Professor Rafinesque to the 

 American Antiquarian Society. [Signed 

 C. S. R. and dated Lexington, 3d January, 

 1821.] 



Pages 57-59. Medicine. On some spe- 

 cific remedies for Mortification, Consump- 

 tion, Hydrophobia, etc. [pp. 57, 58. 

 Signed D. R.] Notices of Materia Medica, 

 or new medical properties of some Ameri- 

 can Plants [pp. 58, 59. Medicinal prop- 

 erties are ascribed to Erythronium alhidum, 

 Helonias angustifolia, Selenium autimmale, 

 Evonymus atropurpureits, Euphorbia peploides, 

 Triosteum major, Tr. minor, Sabatia angularis, 

 Gentiana amarelloides. Rafinesque states 

 that he has found the Bear-grass, Helonias 

 angustifolia Michaux to be different from 



Helonias and calls it Cyanoteris pratensis- 

 Signed C. S.R.]. 



Pages 59-60. Discoveries. Selection of 

 late American Discoveries. [Signed W. M.] 



Pages 60-80. Literature and Varieties 

 The Sifter.— No. 1. [pp. 60-62. Signed Z.] . 

 The Querist.— No. 1. [pp. 62-64. Signed 

 W. M.]. Female Free-Masonry. — No. 1. 

 [pp. 64, 65. Signed O. I.] . Western Lit- 

 erature. Works published in the Western 

 States in 1820 [pp. 66, 67. Signed W. M.] . 

 The Sphynx.— No. 1. [p. 67. Signed Oedi- 

 pus]. Polygryphs [p. 67. Signed Con- 

 stantine]. The Monkeys.— No. 1. [pp. 68, 

 69. Signed P. Hystrix, M.D.]. Future 

 Epitaphs. By Doctor Porcupine Hystrix, of 

 Cincinnati [pp. 69, 70]. Fragments of 

 Correspondence, containing Fragments of a 

 letter of Mr. Bory St. Vincent * * * to 

 Professor Rafinesque, [dated Bruxelles, 10 

 August, 1820] , ' Annals of Physical Scien- 

 ces ' [p. 71] . Zoological Illustrations, by 

 W. Swainson [pp. 71, 72] . Fragments of a 

 letter to Mr. Bory St. Vincent at Paris 

 * * * on various subjects * * * [Dated 

 Lexington, 7th January, 1821. Rafinesque 

 takes occasion to refer to his antagonists as a 

 "set of unfortunate individuals, who have 

 two eyes ; but cannot see ; their minds are 

 deprived of the sense of perception; they are 

 astonished and amazed at my discoveries, 

 and are inclined to put them in doubt and 

 even to scoff at them * * * our catfish, eels, 

 shads [sic], sturgeons, etc., are for them 

 mere fish to fill their stomach ! and more- 

 over they are all of European breed, and 

 were carried here by Noah's flood direct 

 from the Thames, the Seine and the Rhine ! 

 — I let them rail to their hearts' content, 

 and I laugh at them ^ * ^ " and further 

 he continues, " It is only in Europe that 

 my labors and discoveries may be appreci- 

 ated : here I am like Bacon and Galileo, 

 somewhat ahead of the age and my neigh- 

 bors ; * * *" and further, "The Western 

 Minerva has been threatened before her 



