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flavoring  extracts  and  native  wines.  The  larger  collections  were  by 
Messrs.  Bullock  ^  Crenshaw,  Hance  Brothers  ^  White,  Mellor  ^  Ritf en- 
house  and  W.  R.  Warner  Co.,  of  Philadelphia,  Henry  Thayer  ^  Co., 
of  Cambridge,  Mass.,  TT^.  S.  Merrell  ^-  Co.,  of  Cincinnati,  Garrison  ^ 
Murray,  of  Chicago,  and  Perkins^  Sterns  ^  Co.,  of  New  York.  Smaller 
displays  were  made  by  S.  Mason  McCollin,  A.  B.  Taylor,  B.  J.  Creiu^ 
and  E.  Parrtsh^  of  Philadelphia  ;  E.  H.  Sargent,  H.  A.  Stone  ^  Co.,  and 
Tourtelet  Bros.,  of  Chicago  ;  J.  William  ^  Sons  and  Adolphus  Glanz,  of 
New  York,  and  Dr.  Wm.  B.  Chapman,  of  Cincinnati. 
Collections  of  Chemical  and  Pharmaceutical  Apparatus  were  exhib- 
ited by  Henry  Biroth,  of  Chicago,  Bullock  &  Crenshaw  and  Edward  Par- 
rish,  of  Philadelphia.  Small  collections  and  specialities  of  apparatus, 
surgical  instruments,  etc.,  were  two  numerous  for  our  space.  Druggists 
glassware  was  well  represented  in  the  collections  of  B.  H.  Sleeper  ^  Co., 
of  Philadelphia,  and  the  New  England  Glass  Company.  Druggists' 
sundries  were  chiefly  represented  by  5'.  Maw  ^  Sons,  of  London,  and 
Fuller,  Finch  ^  Fuller,  of  Chicago,  whose  articles  were  numerous  and 
excellent.  The  department  of  books  and  paints  and  colors  our  space 
prevents  us  to  notice,  though  represented  by  several  exhibitors. 
British  Pharmaceutical  Conference, — This  body  met  at  Exeter  on 
17th  and  18th  of  August.     The  President,  Daniel  Hanbury,  F.R.S., 
occupied  the  chair.    About  110  new  members  were  elected.    The  report 
of  the  Executive  Committee  states  the  membership  to  be  647.  The 
treasury  has  $400  in  excess  of  expenditures.    The  Committee  recom- 
mend the  publication  annually  of  a  "  report  on  the  Progress  of  Pharm- 
acy," a  year  book  on  the  plan  of  our  Report.    The  President's  inaugural 
address  is  a  paper  of  much  interest,  and  is  directed  to  subjects  of  interest 
to  pharmaceutists.    The  present  state  of  cinchona  culture  in  India  is 
noticed,  and  especially  the  process  called  mossing,  hj  which  portions  of 
the  stem  from  which  bark  has  been  stripped,  become  re-covered  with 
bark  by  covering  the  part  with  moss,  and,  strange  to  say,  this  new  bark  is 
found  to  contain  a  larger  percentage  of  alkaloids  than  that  which  pre- 
ceded it.    The  important  papers  of  Lefort,  on  Ipecac,  Schoonbroodt,  of 
Leige,  on  the  effects  of  drying  on  plants,  are  noticed,  and  other  items  of 
information  on  the  progress  of  pharmacy  during  the  year.    Papers  read 
on  the  first  day  were  on  Pharmaceutical  Responsibilities  and  Remunera- 
tion, by  Edward  Smith,  of  Torquay.   Syrup  of  Iodide  of  Iron,  by  M.  Car- 
teighe  ;  on  Distillates  by  Joseph  Ince  ;  on  Lard  and  its  preparations  for 
use  in  Pharmacy,  by  Wm.  Smith  ;  the  application  of  spectral  analysis  to 
Pharmacy,  by  W.  W.  Stoddart,  F.  C.  S. ;  &c.    Syrup  of  Phosphate  of 
Iron,  by  T.  B.  Groves,  F.C.S.  ;  the  Assay  of  Ipecacuanha,  by  Prof.  Att- 
field.    The  papers  read  on  the  second  day  were  on  Pharmaceutical  Edu- 
cation, by  W.  Schacht  ;  Contributions  to  the  History  of  Buxin,  by  Dr. 
Fliickiger;  on  Tincture  of  Acetate  of  Iron,  by  Messrs.  Deane  &  Jeffer- 
