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changes,  and  to  enter  into  correspondence  with  individuals,  societies  and 
colleges,  of  our  own  and  foreign  countries." 
The  Corresponding  Secretary,  in  reply  to  a  letter  addressed  to  the 
Swiss  Apothecaries'  Association,  by  order  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  in- 
troduced the  following  letter  received  by  him  in  reply,  which  was  di- 
rected to  be  noted  on  the  Minutes : 
Der  Schweizerische  Apothekerverein,  Berne,  Sept.  1st,  1860. 
To  Mr.  William  Procter,  Jr., 
Corresponding  Secretary  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 
Dear  Sir:  I  have  well  received  the  letter  which  you  addressed  on 
Feb.  26th,  past,  to  Mr.  Ringk,  our  Yice  President,  and  return  you  the 
best  thanks  for  your  kind  offers. 
As  to  the  specimens  desired,  we  only  understand  such  plants  growing 
in  the  territory  of  the  United  States — both  spontaneous  and  cultivated — 
being  actually  or  formerly  of  any  use  in  medicine,  industry,  or  furnishing 
any  interesting  goods  for  trade  or  kitchen ;  also,  plants  distinguished  by 
poisonous  qualities.  Drugs  of  this  order,  furnished  by  these  plants,  or 
others,  should  be  added  if  possible.  Botanical  and  other  scientific  and 
practical  notices  on  the  specimens  sent,  would  be  very  agreeable.  Plants 
notoriously  immigrated  from  Europe  are  to  be  excluded,  unless  they  pre- 
sent some  interesting  particularities  (degeneration  ).  We  shall  be  very 
glad,  if  it  be  possible  to  join,  perhaps,  some  specimens  from  other  parts 
of  America,  especially  from  Mexico,  the  West  Indies,  or  the  northern 
parts  of  South  and  Central  America. 
I  scarcely  need  to  call  by  name  the  plants  I  understand  by  the  above 
definition  ;  it  may  be  sufficient  to  point  out,  for  instance  : — 
Quercus  tinctoria,  Michaux  ;  Abies  balsamea,  D.  C;  Abies  canadensis, 
Link  ;  Pinus  palustris,  Aiton  ;  P.  Tseda,  L.;  Sassafras  offic;  Monarda 
didyma,  Monarda  fistulosa,  and  other  Monardas ;  Adiantum  pedatum,  L. 
(Ad.  patens,  Wild.)  ;  Spigelia  marilandica,  L.;  Smilax  China,  L.;  Lobelia 
inflata,  L.  syphilitica,  (root) ;  Polygala  Senega  ;  Aristolochia  serpentaria  ; 
Diervilla  canadensis  ;  Gaultheria  procumbens  ;  Tillandsia  usneoides;  Che- 
nopodium  ambrosioides;  Carya  (Juglans)  olivreformis  (Hickory);  Mentha 
piperita  and  others ;  Saccharum  ;  Gossypium  ;  Nicotiana. 
From  the  plants  of  foreign  countries  I  only  name,  for  instance : 
Maranta,  Croton  Eleuteria,  Cinchona,  Geoffroya  Surinamensis,  Picrsena 
(quassia)  amara  and  excelsa,  Quassia  Simaruba,  Erythroxylon  Coca, 
Paullinia  sorbilis,  Hgematoxylon,  Smilax  medica,  Smilax  officinalis  and 
others;  Convolvulus  Purga  and  C.  Orizabensis,  Cephaeilis  Ipecacuanha, 
Convolvulus  Mechoacana,  Hymenaea,  Pterocarpus  Draco,  Hibiscus  Abel- 
moschus,  Myrtus  Pimenta,  Anacardiurn  occidentale,  Veratrum  Saba- 
dilla,  (Sabadi'lla  off.  Brandt,)  Guaiacum,  &c.  Merchandizes  generally 
known  (Sassafras,  rad.  Senegae,  Ipecacuanha,  Jalapa,  lig.  Guaiac,) 
may  not  be  sent. 
