Fairley, T.. discusses the history of distilled spirit, especially brandy 
and whisky, and gives some additional information, with illustra- 
tions, regarding the methods of preparing the several kinds of dis- 
tilled liquors that are used in various parts of the world. — Analyst, 
Lond., 1905, v. 30, pp. 293-306. 
Eocques, M. X., reports experiments in the analysis of brandy that 
are designed to demonstrate the need for the adoption of uniform 
methods of procedure.— Ann. de Chim. analyt., 1905, pp. 63-65. 
ST APHIS AGRIA. 
Moore, John Murray, suggests the use of staphisagria in seminal 
weakness. — Hahneman. Month., Philada., 1905, v. 40, p. 63T. 
STILLINGIA. 
Eberle, E. G., mentions Stillingia sylvatica among the medicinal 
plants of Texas. — Proc. Am. Pliarm. Ass., 1905, v. 53, p. 305. 
STRAMONIUM. 
Eberle, E. G., includes Datura stramonium among the medicinal 
plants of Texas. — Proc. Am. Pharm. Ass., 1905, v. 53, p. 305. 
True, Rodney H., says that stramonium has been successfully 
grown in the testing gardens at "Washington. — Ibid ., p. 2T4. 
The Bureau of Plant Industry reports that at Ebenezer, S. C,, ex- 
periments in the cultivation of stramonium are being conducted on 
rather a large scale. Several hundred pounds of the leaf were grown, 
cured by artificial heat in a tobacco barn, and marketed at a price in 
advance of the highest quoted figure. — Ann. Rep. Dept. Agric., 1905, 
p. 148. 
Yanderkleed, Charles E., reports two assays of stramonium which 
yielded 0.310 and 0.350 per cent of alkaloid, respectively. — Proc. Penn- 
sylvania Pharm. Ass., 1905, p. 57. 
Feldhaus, J., has made an exhaustive examination of the several 
parts of stramonium and records the amount of alkaloid found in 
each. — Arch. d. Pharm., 1905, v. 243, p. 328. 
Xaylor, IV. A. H., points out that, as the mixed alkaloids in stramo- 
nium are understood to be the same as those contained in belladonna, 
there seems to be no good reason why a process should not be given 
in the Ph. Brit, for the assay of these preparations. The mixed alka- 
loids might with advantage be subjected to reexamination as com- 
plete as has taken place in the case of henbane. — Pharm. J., Lond., 
1905, v. 21, p. 127. 
An abstract (from Bull. Imp. Inst., Suppl. Brd. Trade J., 1905) 
points out that a sample of the seed of Datura stramonium from 
Bushar, India, contained 0.26 per cent of hyoscy amine, as compared 
