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collections  in  the  United  States,  the  specimens  only  having  common 
names ;  and  this  classification  by  Ramirez  of  Mexican  plants,  together 
with  that  oi  Peckolt  on  Brazilian  plants,  will  be  helpful  in  their 
identification.  The  work  is  of  special  interest  to  botanists  and  others 
interested  in  the  plant  products  of  Mexico. 
OBITUARIES. 
Dr.  Henry  Carrington  Bolton. — A  well-known  chemist  and 
occasional  contributor  to  pharmaceutical  journals,  died  in  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  on  November  19,  1903,  in  the  sixty-first  year  of  his  age. 
Dr.  Bolton  was  born  in  New  York,  January  28,  1843.  He  gradu- 
ated from  Columbia  College  in  1862,  and  obtained  his  degree  of 
Ph.D.  from  Gbttingen  some  time  after. 
Dr.  Bolton  was  a  member  of  a  number  of  scientific  societies,  a  pro- 
lific writer,  and  a  scientific  investigator  of  acknowledged  merit.  At 
the  time  of  his  death  he  was  connected  with  the  Smithsonian  Insti- 
tution. 
John  Dwight,  one  of  the  pioneer  manufacturers  of  sodium  bicar- 
bonate, was  born  in  South  Hadley,  Mass.  He  died  in  New  York  on 
November  25,  1903,  in  his  eighty-fourth  year. 
Mr.  Dwight  began  the  manufacture  of  sodium  bicarbonate  about 
1846,  with  his  brother-in-law,  Dr.  Austin  Church,  and  succeeded  in 
building  up  a  very  large  and  lucrative  business. 
Dr.  Cyrus  Edson. — At  one  time  president  of  the  old  New  York 
City  Board  of  Pharmacy,  and  prominently  identified  with  the  manu- 
facture of  several  well-known  proprietary  medicines,  died  in  New 
York  on  December  2,  1903. 
Dr.  Edson  was  born  in  Albany,  N.  Y.,  he  graduated  from  the 
College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  New  York,  in  1881.  He  was 
prominently  identified  with  and  occupied  several  important  public 
positions. 
Thomas  P.  Languon. — At  one  time  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Gilpin, 
Langdon  &  Co.,  Inc.,  died  at  his  home  in  Baltimore,  November 
23,  I903- 
Edward  Leon  Milhau. — One  of  the  oldest  and  best  known  phar- 
macists of  New  York,  died  in  New  Brighton,  Staten  Island,  at  the 
home  of  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Royden  Vosburgh,  May  26,  1903. 
