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year ;  and  attempts  have  been  made  to  extend  the  plantations  grad- 
ually. Systematic  seed  collection,  based  on  analysis  of  parent  trees, 
has  been  practised,  as  in  previous  years.  Owing  to  the  European 
war,  the  unit  rate  of  bark  has  much  increased,  the  average  market 
unit  rate  for  1916-17  being  20-60  cents.  Large  numbers  of  cinchona 
trees  at  Munsong  have  arrived  at  maturity,  but  on  account  of  the 
insufficiency  of  money  it  was  found  impossible  to  harvest  a  large 
quantity  of  dry  bark  for  the  factory,  the  Budget  grant  having  been 
fixed  to  a  limited  amount  for  five  years.  (From  The  Pharmaceu- 
tical Journal  and  Pharmacist .) 
Warning  against  Medicine  Fraud. — "  Imposters  posing  as 
federal  employees  are  trying  to  sell  rheumatism  and  other  '  cures  ' 
which  they  represent  to  the  gullible  as  being  made  by  the  United 
States  Government,"  is  a  warning  issued  by  the  Bureau  of  Chem- 
istry, United  States  Department  of  Agriculture.  Letters  received 
from  residents  of  Minnesota  and  South  Dakota  tell  of  such  misrep- 
resentations by  agents  of  the  "  United  States  Medical  Dispensary  " 
or  "  Dr.  Henry  Post,"  Washington,  D.  C.  The  packages  and  labels 
guaranteed  for  $20  "  cures  "  for  various  ailments  but  failed  to  give 
any  address  of  those  who  are  to  refund.  Federal  inspectors  have 
been  unable  to  locate  any  such  concern  or  doctor  in  Washington  or 
elsewhere.    (Office  of  Information,  U.  S.  Dep't  of  Agriculture.) 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
Baltimore,  November  20,  19 17. 
Editor  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy, 
145  N.  Tenth  St., 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 
I  am  sending  you  herewith,  copy  of  a  letter  which  our  com- 
mittee, charged  with  the  creation  of  a  permanent  memorial  to  the 
late  Dr.  Charles  Caspari,  Jr.,  is  mailing  to  such  of  his  former  stu- 
dents, friends  and  admirers  as  they  can  reach.  For  the  benefit  of 
those  we  do  not  know  of  and  who  may  wish  to  contribute  to  this 
memorial,  we  will  appreciate  such  publicity  as  you  will  give  this 
letter. 
