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THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
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BOTANICAL PRIZE FOR 1872. 
A Silver Council Medal is offered for the best Herba¬ 
rium, collected in any part of the United Kingdom 
between the first day of May, 1871, and the first day of 
June, 1872; and should there he more than one collec¬ 
tion possessing such an amount of merit as to entitle the 
collector to reward, a second prize, consisting of a Bronze 
Medal, and also Certificates of Honour and Merit, wall 
be given at the discretion of the Council. In the event 
of none of the collections possessing such an amount of 
merit as to warrant the Council in awarding Medals or 
Certificates, none will be given. 
The collections to consist of Flowering plants and 
Ferns, arranged according to the Natural System of De 
Candolle, or any other natural method in common use, 
and to he accompanied by lists, arranged according to 
the same method, with the species numbered. 
The collector to follow some work on British Botany 
(such as that of Bahington, Hooker, or Bentham), and 
to state the work which he adopts. The name of each 
plant, its habitat, and the date of collection, to be stated 
on the paper on which it is preserved. 
Each collection to be accompanied by a note, contain¬ 
ing a declaration, signed by the collector, and certified 
by his employer, or a Pharmaceutical Chemist to whom 
the collector is known, to the following effect:—The 
plants which accompany this note were collected by 
myself, between the first day of May, 1871, and the 
first day of June, 1872, and were named and arranged 
without any assistance but that derived from books. 
In estimating the merits of the collections, not only 
will the number of species be taken into account, but 
also their rarity or otherwise, and the manner in which 
they are preserved; and should a specimen be wrongly 
named, it will be erased from the list. 
The collections to be forwarded to the Secretary of 
the Society, 17, Bloomsbury Square, on or before the first 
day of July, 1872, indorsed “Herbarium for Competi¬ 
tion for the Botanical Prizes.” After the announcement 
of the award, they will be retained one month, under the 
care of the Curator of the Museum, for the inspection of 
persons connected with the Society, and then returned 
to the collectors, if required. 
No candidate wall be allowed to compete, unless he be 
an Associate, Registered Apprentice, or a Student of the 
Society, or if his age exceed twenty-one years. 
FREE ADMISSIONS TO THE ROYAL BOTANIC 
SOCIETY’S GARDENS, REGENT’S PARK. 
The following pupils of the class of Botany and Ma¬ 
teria Medica, in the Pharmaceutical Society, after exa¬ 
mination by Professor Bentley, have had free admission 
given to them, at his request, by the Secretary of the 
Royal Botanic Society :—• 
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Chas. Alexander Blake. 
Wm. Milner Burgess. 
Henry Churchill. 
Walter Cole. 
Herbert E. Constance. 
Horace Davenport. 
Chas. Joseph Holmes. 
N. W. Holmes. 
G. B. Howarth 
Thomas Iredale. 
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. F. W. Kendle. 
W. T. Maddock. 
Charles A. Overton. 
Charles Pretty. 
Harry Savory. 
Charles T. Ward. 
Herbert Charles Webb. 
Wm. Henry White. 
Alexander Wood. 
Harold Woolley. 
The above names are arranged in alphabetical order. 
These orders will admit to the Gardens upon ordinary 
days in the months of March, April, August and Septem¬ 
ber, from 9 a.m. till 1 p.m. ; and in May, June and July, 
from 7 a.m. till 1 p.m. Such admissions, therefore, give 
every facility to those who possess them of making 
themselves practically acquainted with plants. 
NOTTINGHAM xYND NOTTS CHEMISTS’ 
ASSOCIATION. 
The Fifth General Meeting of the Society was held 
at Britannia Chambers, on Friday evening, 24th ult. ; the 
President, Mr. Atherton, in the chair. 
The meeting was well attended by the members and 
Associates. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and 
confirmed. 
The Secretary announced that the Pharmaceutical 
Journal Rad been received regularly during the month, 
as also a number of old works on pharmacy and allied 
subjects, from Dr. Wright, and, through the kindness of 
1. Hyde Hills, Esq., portraits respectively of the late 
Dr. Pereira, Mr. Jacob Bell and Mr. W. Allen. A 
cordial vote of thanks was accorded to the several donors. 
A variety of interesting objects were exhibited and ex¬ 
plained ; conspicuous amongst which was Sieboid’s 
collection of dried plants. 
The President then called upon Mr. Elder, M.B., for 
his promised paper on “ Our Foods.” 
Mr. Elder responded, and explained in a very lucid 
manner the physiological action of our foods, commencing 
with the action of the salivary glands and the nature of 
the changes which take place in the mouth with the con¬ 
sequent production of ptialine; he next proceeded to 
divide the foods into four classes,—albuminous, oleagi¬ 
nous, saccharine and mineral,—following with the com¬ 
position of each class, their respective utility and the 
amount of carbon and nitrogen by which their value as 
heat or flesh-producers is estimated ; the importance of 
the mineral constituents for the proper formation of 
blood, and the effect produced upon the blood when not 
taken in proper quantities. 
A vote of thanks to Mr. Elder for his interesting paper 
was unanimously carried. 
Mr. W. H. Parker brought forward the objects of 
the Defence Association just established in Manchester, 
and expressed his approval of their proceedings. 
Mr. Atherton also was in favour of the defence, con¬ 
sidering as he did that the regulations about to be- 
brought forward in May are objectionable; that phar¬ 
macists already do their best for the public safety, and, 
therefore, he thought compulsory measures quite unne¬ 
cessary, as by that means the liberty of the subject would 
be interfered with, and the status of the chemist detracted 
from or lowered thereby. Admitting that accidents had 
happened, he was convinced that the frequency had 
been much diminished since the improvement in the edu¬ 
cation of the chemist. He also mentioned the fact that 
in Glasgow and many other Scotch towns, the number of 
open surgeries and chemists’ establishments was about 
equal; the former would be exempt from the regula¬ 
tions, and he wished to know if the proprietors of these 
surgeries were better acquainted with the art of phar¬ 
macy than ourselves, and, if not, why the exemption r 
He considered this fact a weak point in the regulations* 
but a strong one for the defence. 
LIVERPOOL CHEMISTS’ ASSOCIATION. 
The Eighth General Meeting was held at the Royal 
Institution, on Thursday evening, the 2nd instant; Ed¬ 
ward Davies, Esq., F.C.S. (Vice-President), in the 
chair. 
Mr. Alfred Coughtrey was elected a member. 
A short discussion took place upon the “Proposed 
Poison Regulations,” and it was moved by Mr. Red ford,. 
and seconded by Mr. Shaw, “That the Secretary be in¬ 
structed to call a meeting of the chemists and druggists 
of Liverpool, to consider the proposed compulsory re¬ 
gulations for the keeping, storing and dispensing of 
poisons.” 
