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New  York,  June  20,  1917. 
Dear  Professor  Kraemcr:  The  other  day  at  the  florist's  who  gets  all  my 
spare  change,  and  some  that  I  can  ill  spare,  I  ran  across  some  bulbs  of  Scilla 
maritima,  as  it  was  so  labeled  by  him,  but  I  think  it  is  now  called  Urginea 
Scilla.  I  took  a  few  home  and  am  sending  you  a  couple,  thinking  you  might 
care  to  try  them.  I  don't  know  that  they  are  a  novelty,  but  I  have  never 
before  seen  them  offered  for  horticultural  purposes. 
Yours  cordially, 
Caswell  A.  Mayo. 
The  bulbs  attracted  considerable  attention  when  Professor 
Kraemer  remarked  they  were  official  squill  bulbs,  when,  on  motion, 
the  Secretary  was  directed  to  convey  the  thanks  of  the  College  to 
Mr.  Mayo  for  his  gift. 
C.  A.  Weidemann,  M.D., 
Recording  Secretary. 
COMMITTEE  ON  NECROLOGY. 
Probably  never  in  the  history  of  pharmacy  has  our  profession 
been  struck  so  hard  by  reason  of  the  deaths  of  its  members  as  during 
the  past  year.  Our  College  has  been  among  those  thus  afflicted 
and  has  suffered  severe  losses. 
The  death  of  Mr.  Wilbert  was  so  sudden  it  shocked  the  entire 
pharmaceutical  world.  He  was  in  the  prime  of  life,  and  just  about 
ready  to  participate  in  some  of  the  undertakings  that  would  mean 
great  advancement  for  American  pharmacy.  The  appreciative 
memoir  of  Mr.  Wilbert  by  Mr.  Thum  and  which  was  published  in 
the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy  in  February  records  the 
career  of  one  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy's  most 
ablest  sons.  The  resolutions  offered  by  various  pharmaceutical, 
professional  and  scientific  organizations  reveal  the  esteem  in  which 
he  was  held  by  all  of  those  with  whom  he  labored. 
Frederick  Gutekunst. 
Frederick  Gutekunst,  acknowledged  as  the  dean  of  American 
photographers  and  who  had  a  world-wide  reputation,  died  on  April 
27,  191 7.  He  graduated  from  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy in  1853  and  was  at  the  time  of  his  death  the  representative  of 
