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Wilbert  Memorial  Meeting.        {  A™-  J°ur-  Pharm- 
&  *■    January,  1917. 
Mr.  George  M.  Beringer  concluded  the  remarks  with  a  reference 
to  the  magnitude  of  Wilbert's  work  and  then  appointed  the  follow- 
ing Committee  on  Resolutions :  Chairman,  Joseph  P.  Remington, 
W.  D.  Robinson,  Henry  Kraemer,  E.  G.  Eberle,  R.  P.  Fischelis. 
Robert  P.  Fischelis, 
Secretary. 
CURRENT  LITERATURE. 
Conference  on  Medicinal  Herb  Growing 
A  Conference  of  Herb  Growing  Associations  and  of  others  inter- 
ested in  this  new  industry  was  held  September  27  in  London  under 
the  auspices  of  the  Central  Committee  for  National  Patriotic  Or- 
ganisations, which  has  been  strenuously  endeavouring  to  place  the 
industry  on  a  sound  footing. 
The  following  resolutions  were  carried  unanimously : 
"  1.  That  it  is  the  opinion  of  this  Conference  that  none  of  the 
existing  organisations  as  at  present  constituted  in  connection  with 
the  growing  and  collection  of  medicinal  herbs  meets  the  needs  of 
the  industry  from  a  national  point  of  view,  that  these  needs  can  only 
be  met  by  the  establishment  of  definite  relations  on  organised  lines 
between  the  organised  and  unorganised  herb-growers  of  the  country, 
the  objects  of  which  shall  include  the 
"  (a)  Interchange  of  information  and  suggestions  and  the  produc- 
tion and  distribution  of  suitable  literature  and  the  organisation  of 
propaganda. 
"(b)  Investigating  of  the  requirements  of  central,  local,  and  other 
markets,  and  regulating  prices. 
"(c)  Regulating  of  the  production,  collection,  treatment,  output 
and  delivery  of  herbs  to  meet  the  needs  of  the  various  markets. 
"(d)  The  furnishing  of  the  necessary  funds  to  accomplish  these 
objects. 
"  2.  That  the  consideration  of  how  best  to  establish  such  relations 
and  carry  out  the  aforementioned  objects  be  referred  to  a  special 
committee,  not  exceeding  twenty-one  in  number."  On  this  com- 
mittee were  to  be  representatives  of  the  various  herb-growing  asso- 
ciations of  Scotland,  Ireland  and  England. 
