164  Pharmaceutical  Meeting. 
Am  Jour.  Pharm. 
March,  1897. 
Contributions  from  the  U.  S.  National  Herbarium,  Vol.  5,  No.  1.  Issued  Janu- 
ary 25,  1897.  A  number  of  interesting  subjects  are  discussed  concerning  the 
Coeur  d'Alene  region,  notably,  the  mineral  deposits,  native  food  plants  and 
forest  resources.  Some  of  these  we  shall  take  occasion  to  notice  elsewhere  in 
this  Journal. 
Electro-Germination.  Bulletin  No.  43.  Hatch  Experiment  Station  of 
the  Massachusetts  Agricultural  College,  January,  1897. 
This  interesting  coutribution  shows  that  electricity  exerts  an  appreciable 
influence  upon  the  germination  of  seeds.  As  a  result  of  experiment  it  has 
been  found  that  at  the  end  of  twenty-four  hours,  over  30  per  cent,  more 
seeds  were  germinated  in  the  treated  lots  than  in  the  normal,  at  the  end  of  forty- 
eight  hours  about  twenty  per  cent.,  and  in  seventy -two  hours  six  per  cent. 
Calendar  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great  Britain.  Besides 
giving  information  to  members  aud  others  concerning  the  Society,  this  book 
contains  many  other  valuable  matters  of  interest  to  the  pharmacist  in  general. 
Les  Drogues  Recemment  Inscrites  au  Codex.  Par  le  Dr.  Louis  Plan- 
chon.  I.  Les  Strophanthus.  II.  Le  Cascara  Sagrada.  Reprints  from  Bulletin 
de  Pharmacie  du  Sud-Est.  1896.  These  are  illustrated  contributions  on  the 
two  drugs,  from  a  French  standpoint,  and  are  a  valuable  addition  to  the  subject. 
The  Journal  of  Pharmacology  is  the  title  of  the  successor  to  the  Alumni 
Journal  of  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy.  The  first  number  makes  a 
good  start  with  a  contribution  on  "The  Comparative  Anatomy  of  the  Roots  of 
Rio  Ipecac  (Uragoga  Ipecacuanha,  Baill)  and  Carthagena  Ipecac  (Uragoga 
Granatensis,  Baill)."    By  Albert  Schneider,  M.S.,  M  D. 
Practical  Druggist  and  Pharmaceutical  Review  of  Reviews  is  the 
title  of  a  new  pharmaceutical  journal  ;  it  is  conducted  by  Benjamin  Lillard,  108 
Fulton  Street,  New  York. 
The  Physician's  Vest-Pocket  Formula  Book.  Fourteenth  Edition. 
Published  by  McKesson  and  Robbins.    New  York.  1897. 
MINUTES  OF  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING. 
Philadelphia,  February  17,  1897. 
The  fifth  of  the  present  series  of  Pharmaceutical  Meetings  was  held  in  the 
Museum  of  the  College  at  3.30  p.m.  Mr.  J.  W.  England  presided.  The  minutes 
of  the  last  meeting  were  allowed  to  stand  as  published. 
The  presentation  of  specimens  was  next  in  order,  and  the  registrar  called 
attention  to  the  following,  which  were  sent  by  Mr.  E.  M.  Holmes,  Curator  of 
the  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great  Britain  :  False  Buchu,  False  Maranham 
Jaborandi,  Drimys  Granatensis  (pepper  bark),  Adulterated  Hellebore,  Aracati 
Jaborandi,  Ceylon  Nux  Vomica,  Pilocarpus  Microphyllus  and  Chinese  Colo- 
cynth.  On  motion,  it  was  ordered  that  an  expression  of  thanks  be  sent  Mr. 
Holmes  for  his  donation. 
Prof.  Remington  reported  the  results  of  a  large  number  of  experiments  in  a 
paper  entitled  "  Acetic  Acid  as  a  Menstruum  and  Solvent  "  (see  p.  121).  The 
