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MINUTES  OF  THE  COLLEGE. 
when  carefully  and  judiciously  carried  out,  may  result  in  much  good  to 
the  whole  country.  Among  the  plants  growing  spontaneously  upon  our 
soil,  there  are  many  troublesome  and  frequently  worthless  weeds,  quite  a 
number  of  which  have  been  imported  from  foreign  countries,  and  now 
thrive  luxuriantly,  having  become  entirely  naturalized.  But  few  really 
valuable  plants  are  naturalized  in  a  few  localities  in  the  United  States, 
and  it  has  occurred  to  your  Committee  to  make  an  attempt,  not  to  culti- 
vate such,  but  to  try  whether  some  of  them  at  least  could  not  be  made  to 
grow  spontaneously  on  this  continent.  Among  those  which  we  have  in 
view  are  Aconitum  napellus,  Atropa  belladonna,  Hyoscyamus  niger, 
Colchicum  autumnale,  Anthemis  nobilis,  Matricaria  chamomilla.  Digita- 
lis purpurea,  &c.  We  invite  the  co-operation  of  all  pharmaceutists  in  this, 
in  our  opinion,  important  project,  and  while  we  are  ready  to  impart  any 
information  thereon,  in  our  power,  we  should  feel  obliged  for  any  aid  ex- 
tended to  us. 
With  the  number  of  pharmaceutists  who  graduate  every  year  in  Phila- 
delphia, our  College  becomes  connected  by  many  ties  with  the  various 
sections  of  the  North  American  continent  and  the  West  Indian  Islands. 
Undoubtedly  it  would  be  gratifying  to  the  institution  in  which  they  com- 
pleted their  pharmaceutical  education,  if  they  would  remain  in  scientific 
intercourse  with  it.  A  pleasant  and  ever  gratifying  field  of  their  labor 
would  be,  amongst  others,  the  culture  of  botany,  and  your  Committee 
would  gladly  enter  into  exchanges  with  them.  We  now  take  pleasure  to 
inform  you  that  two  former  pupils  of  the  College,  Mr.  Maurice  W. 
Alexander,  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and  Mr.  Geo.  E.  Hays,  of  Athens,  Ga., 
have  signified  their  willingness  to  assist  us  in  the  collection  of  a  general 
herbarium,  by  supplying  us  with  plants  from  their  localities.  It  is  our 
hope  that  others  may  follow. 
Signed,  Jno.  M.  Maisch, 
William  R.  Warner, 
of  the  Committee. 
On  motion  of  Robert  England,  a  vote  of  thanks  was  unanimously  ten- 
dered this  Committee  for  their  zealous  and  efficient  labors.  They  were 
continued  until  the  election  of  the  Standing  Committee  on  Herbarium, 
aa  provided  by  Law  X. 
On  motion  the  College  took  a  recess,  for  the  purpose  of  electing  Officers, 
Trustees  and  Committees. 
Robert  England  and  H.  F.  Geyer  were  appointed  Tellers,  whose  Report 
was  as  follows  : 
President. — Charles  Ellis. 
1st  Vice  President. — Samuel  F.  Troth. 
2d  Vice  President,— jyWW-^n  Parrish. 
Treasurer. — Ambrose  Smith. 
Recording  Secretary. — Edward  Parrish, 
Corresponding  Secretary. — William  Procter,  Jr. 
Eight  members  of  the  Board  of  Trustees. 
Dr.  Robert  Bridges,  T.  S.  Wiegand, 
S.  N.  James,  J.  T.  Shinn, 
J.  C.  Savery,  S.  S.  Bunting, 
D.  S.  Jones,  T.  M.  Perot, 
