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of  obtaining  turpentine  ;  a  box  as  it  is  technically  termed  is  cut  into  the  trunk 
of  the  tree,  the  bark  above  this  box  is  cut  away,  and  the  sapwood  is  hacked 
so  that  the  oleoresin  runs  down  into  the  box,  and  when  a  sufficiency  has 
collected  it  is  drawn  off.  In  answer  to  an  inquiry  it  was  explained  that  as 
the  bark  was  removed  only  on  one  side  the  tree  still  lived  and  would  furnish 
turpentine  for  a  number  of  years. 
There  being  no  further  business  the  meeting  adjourned  until  the  third 
Tuesday  in  October. 
Thos.  S.  Wiegand, 
Registrar. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  COLLEGES  AND  ASSOCIATIONS. 
New  York  College  of  Pharmacy. — The  chair  of  botany  and  materia  medica 
having  become  vacant  by  the  resignation  of  Prof.  W.  De  F.  Day,  the- 
vacancy  has  been  filled  by  the  election  of  Dr.  Henry  H.  Kusby,  whose 
name  has  become  well  known  for  his  botanical  researches  and  his  explora- 
tions in  Arizona  and  in  South  America.  Prof.  Arthur  H.  Elliott,  Ph.  D., 
who  has  had  charge  of  the  chemical  laboratory  since  1888,  and  lectured  on 
physics  since  1886,  will  hereafter  lecture  also  on  inorganic  chemistry. 
The  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy  held  its  twenty-first  annual  com- 
mencement March  15th,  the  number  of  graduates  being  thirty.  The  degree 
was  conferred  by  President  Canning  and  the  valedictory  was  delivered  by 
Prof.  G.  F.  H.  Markoe. 
The  National  College  of  Pharmacy  at  Washington,  D.  C,  had  its  commence- 
ment May  16,  with  a  graduating  class  of  thirteen. 
St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy. — Prof  C.  0.  Curtman  has  tendered  his  resig- 
nation, and  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  May  2,  the  following  resolution 
was  unanimously  adopted  : 
Resolved,  that  the  executive  board  of  the  St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy 
accept  with  regrets  the  resignation  of  Professor  C.  0.  Curtman,  who  has 
been  connected  with  this  college  for  the  last  eleven  years  as  professor  of 
chemistry  and  has  largely  contributed  to  the  success  of  building  up  said 
college. 
A  committee  has  been  entrusted  with  the  preliminary  steps  for  filling 
the  vacancy. 
The  Florida  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its  third  annual  meeting  at 
Ocala,  April  16.  Routine  business  was  transacted  and  a  committee  was  ap- 
pointed for  the  purpose  of  securing  a  less  defective  pharmacy  law  than  the 
present  one.  The  present  officers  are  H.  C.  Cushman,  Pensacola,  Presi- 
dent ;  William  Anderson,  S.  B.  Leonardi  and  J.  S.  Frazer,  Vice-Presidents ; 
S.  P.  Watson,  Jacksonville,  Secretary,  and  E.  Delouest,  Ocala,  Treasurer. 
The  Louisiana  Pharmaceutical  Association  met  at  its  seventh  annual  meet- 
ing in  New  Orleans  April  10,  president  C.  L.  Keppler  in  the  chair.  The 
different  officers  and  committees  presented  their  reports,  and  the  President 
delivered  the  annual  address.  A  committee  appointed  for  the  purpose 
called  upon  the  Louisiana  Medical  Society  then  in  session  in  New  Orleans, 
and  the  latter  resolved  that  the  "  National  Formulary  "  be  regarded  as  the 
