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-graduating  class  presented  the  College  with  a  fine  oil  painting  of  Prof.  A. 
JFennel. 
In  the  Junior  examination  23  students  jDassed  out  of  a  class  of  38. 
The  Alumni  Association  of  the  New  York  College  of  Phar- 
ivEACY,  on  April  18,  elected  L.  M.  Royce  Treasurer,  in  place  of  S.  H.  Am- 
bler, resigned,  and  considered  amendments  to  the  by-laws  relating  to  the 
Treasurer's  duties. 
Lancaster  County,  Pa.,  Pharmaceutical  Association.— The  elec- 
tion of  permanent  officers,  held  April  13,  resulted  as  follows ;  President, 
•Chas.  A.  Heinitsh,  Lancaster.  Vice  President,  Wm.  F.  Maulick,  Colum- 
bia. Secretary,  A.  A.  Hubley,  Lancaster.  Treasurer,  H.  B.  Cochran, 
Lancaster.  Executive  Committee— Dr.  B.  F.  W.  Urban,  Lancaster  ;  Wm. 
F.  Maulick,  Columbia ;  A.  G.  Frey,  Lancaster. 
A  discussion  of  several  matters  of  interest  to  the  profession  followed, 
and  a  number  of  questions  were  proposed  for  discussion  at  next  meeting. 
The  second  Thursday  of  each  month  was  selected  as  the  time  for  holding 
stated  meetings  of  the  association. 
EDITORIAL  DEPARTMENT. 
Additional  Note  on  Chia. — In  "La  Naturaleza,"  for  1881,  a  Mexi- 
«can  journal,  received  after  the  papers  on  Chia  (pp.  227  to  234)  had  been 
printed,  we  noticed  a  paper  entitled  "  Calendario  Botanica  del  Valle  de 
-Mexico.  Noticla  de  algunas  plantas  que  caracterizaron  la  floracion  en  el 
ano  de  1879  por  el  Sr.  Mariano  Barcena."  In  this  paper  it  is  stated  that 
Chia  azul  is  probably  a  variety  of  Salvia  patens,  Cav.,  and  flowers  during 
the  months  of  June,  July  and  August,  while  the  more  common  Chia  is 
Salvia polystachy a y  Ort.,  and  is  in  bloom  from  June  to  October.  The  latter 
.«pecies  is  stated  by  Kunth  to  be  shrubby,  but  DeCandolle  describes  it  as 
herbaceous,  with  an  erect,  smoothish  or  somewhat  pubescent  stem,  and 
with  leaves  which  are  2  to  3  inches  long,  petiolate,  ovate,  acuminate,  ser- 
rate, rounded  or  cordate  at  the  base,  on  the  upper  side  roughish-pubescent 
and  on  the  lower  side  nerved,  tonientose  or  pubescent,  etc. 
It  will  be  observed  that  the  description  of  Guibourt's  plant  agrees  better 
with  the  above,  with  which  it  is  most  likely  identical,  than  with  either 
S.  hispanica  or  S.  Columbarise. 
The  leaves  of  Salvia  i^atens  are  crenate,  ovate-deltoid,  hastate  at  the 
base  or  the  upper  ones  rounded. 
The  Liquor  Dealers'  License. — As  most  pharmacists  object  to  being 
classed  as  liquor  dealers,  and  as  the  internal  revenue  laws  on  this  subject 
are  about  to  undergo  a  change,  the  following  resolution  has  been  i)repared 
by  a  committee  of  tiie  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association  for  inser- 
tion into  the  proposed  new  law;  by  this  resolution  the  stigma  and  odium 
xittached  to  the  profession  of  pharmacy,  under  the  present  classification,  is 
