AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
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G-eorge  D.  Coggeshall,  of  New  York ;  and  Samuel  M.  Colcord, 
of  Boston,  were  appointed. 
It  was  further  Resolved,  that  the  attention  of  the  pharmaceutists 
of  the  United  States  be  directed  to  the  idea  of  universally 
adopting  a  single  name  to  indicate  the  business  of  the  apothecary, 
and  that  the  subject  be  revived  at  the  next  annual  meeting  with 
a  view  to  officially  adopting  it  if  approved. 
On  motion  of  S.  M.  Colcord  the  following  resolutions  were 
adopted. 
Resolved,  That  those  members  of  the  Association  who  are 
strangers  in  Cincinnati,  express  their  warmest  gratitude  for  the 
kindness  and  attention  they  have  received  from  the  Cincinnati 
College  of  Pharmacy. 
Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Association  are  tendered  to 
the  President  and  Secretary  for  the  able  manner  in  which  they 
have  discharged  their  duties. 
Resolved,  That  we  appreciate  the  efforts  of  the  Cincinnati 
College  of  Pharmacy  to  improve  the  standing  and  qualifications 
of  the  drug  dealers  of  the  T7est,  and  that  we  recommend  them  to 
extend  their  sphere  of  action  to  meet  those  of  other  pharmaceu- 
tical societies,  until  such  time  as  new  organizations  are  made 
within,  their  sphere. 
The  Association  now  adjourned  to  accept  the  invitation  of  Mr. 
Rehfuss  to  his  hospitable  mansion,  situate  a  few  miles  west  of 
Cincinnati,  agreeing  to  meet  on  their  return  for  final  adjourn- 
ment. 
[Mr.  R.,  one  of  the  most  skillful  apothecaries  of  Cincinnati,  is  about 
relinquishing  his  business,  and  devoting  his  attention  wholly  to  the  grape  cul- 
ture and  its  consequents.  Being  a  practical  chemist  he  has  given  much  atten- 
tion to  the  composition  of  soils  in  connection  with  the  growth  of  both  American 
and  European  grapes,  of  which  last  he  has  about  90  varieties  under  culture.  It 
is  well  known  to  the  chemical  physiologist,  that  a  large  quantity  of  potassa  is 
annually  abstracted  from  the  soil  in  which  grapes  are  grown,  to  constitute  the 
base  of  the  bitartrate  of  potassa  found  in  their  juices.  A  deficiency  of  this  al- 
kali has  a  marked  influence  on  the  wine  produced,  as  when  in  sufficient  propor- 
tion so  large  an  amount  of  acid  is  removed  as  to  render  the  wine  dryer  and 
more  mellow  and  agreeable,  whilst  when  deficient,  the  free  acid,  not  being  pre- 
cipitated from  the  forming  wine,  like  the  potassa  salt,  it  is  retained  and  gives  it 
acerbity.  Mr.  Rehfuss  has  experimented  successfully  by  using  wood  ashes  as 
a  manure,  and  his  guests  were  gratified  in  comparing  wines  of  the  same  grape 
and  year,  the  one  produced  from  ashes  manured  soil,  and  the  other  from  the  same 
soil  without  that  addition ;  the  former  being  more  bland  and  mellow  than  the 
latter,  though  equally  spirituous.  The  hilly  character  of  the  country  around 
Cincinnati  appears  to  adapt  it  admirably  for  the  vineyard,  and  much  soil,  for  this 
reason,  ill-suited  to  agricultural  purposes,  has  been  rendered  available  and  valu- 
