574  MINUTES  OF  THE  COLLEGE. 
and  which  will  benefit  the  College,  by  the  receipt  of  European  drugs  in 
exchange. 
The  labors  of  the  provisional  committee  on  the  herbarium  will  cease 
this  evening,  the  election  of  a  standing  committee  being  now  directed  by 
the  By-Laws.  We  beg  leave  to  point  out  the  following  work  left  for  the 
standing  committee  :  Distributing  the  contributions  received  during  the 
summer  in  the  herbarium  ;  examining  more  carefully  the  doubtful  plants^ 
mounting  the  officinal  plants  on  boards ;  and  selecting  plants  for  Dr. 
Fliickiger,  in  Bern,  and  for  Mr.  Daniel  Hanbury,  in  London,  the  latter  of 
whom  has  kindly  offered  to  procure  exchanges  for  us.  With  proper  and 
judicious  management,  the  College  Herbarium  will  in  a  short  time  become 
a  valuble  botanical  cabinet,  embracing  specimens  from  various  parts  of 
the  world.  We  must,  therefore,  endeavor  to  obtain  soon  our  North 
American  plants,  and  to  enter  into  correspondence  with  Central  America, 
and  the  West  Indies.  From  the  latter  islands  we  are  likely  to  receive 
some  specimens  in  a  short  time,  partly  through  the  kindness  of  Mr.  E. 
Durand,  who  has  interested  himself  in  determining  the  source  of  bay-rum 
and  is  now  able  to  corroborate  the  inference  expressed  in  a  late  paper  on 
this  subject,  that  bay-rum  is  derived  from  Myrcia  acris. 
All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted. 
J.  M.  Maisch,  Chairman. 
The  following  resolution  was  offered  by  Edward  Parrish,  seconded  by 
Br.  R.  P.  Thomas,  and  freely  discussed  by  several  members.     It  was  un- 
animously adopted. 
Resolved,  That  a  Committee  of  16  be  appointed  to  obtain  specimens 
of  our  indigenous  materia  medica,  and  of  the  officinal  preparations  made 
according  to  the  processes  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  of  1860,  as  far  as  these  ' 
have  been  decided  on,  and  to  send  a  collection  of  these  on  behalf  of  the 
College,  to  the  exhibition  of  the  products  of  all  nations  to  be  held  in 
London,  in  1862,  and  that  this  committee  have  power  to  add  to  their 
number,  and  to  proceed  in  the  matter  as  they  may  find  expedient  on  be- 
half of  the  College. 
On  motion  it  was  directed  that  the  President  of  the  College  should  be 
one  of  the  committee,  and  should  appoint  his  colleagues.  The  following 
were  then  appointed. 
Edward  Parrish,  Chairman,  Charles  Ellis, 
Thomas  P.  James,  Dr.  Robert  Bridges, 
William  Procter,  Jr.  Dr.  R.  P.  Thomas, 
Fred'k.  L.  John,  Alfred  B.  Taylor. 
John  M.  Maisch,  Thomas  S.  Wiegand, 
James  T.  Shinn,  William  Evans,  Jr. 
Charles  Bullock,  William  C  Bakes, 
William  R.  Warner,  John  E.  Carter. 
The  semi-annual  Election  for  Trustees  and  Committees  was  ordered  : 
James  T.  Shinn  and  W.  J.  Jenks,  acting  as  tellers.  They  reported  the 
following  as  elected. 
Evan  T.  Ellis,  Charles  Bullock, 
W.  J.  Jenks,  W,  H.  Pile, 
A.  B.  Taylor,  J.  M.  Maisch, 
W.  Evans,  Jr.  W,  C.  Bakes. 
