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Editorial. — Reviews,  etc. 
{Am.  Jour.  Pharm„ 
Aug.,  1878. 
the  name  of  the  person  is  stricken  from  the  register.  Poisons  are  to  be  properly 
labeled,  and  sold  only  to  persons  who  are  aware  of  their  poisonous  character;  the 
sale  of  poisonous  alkaloids,  arsenic  and  others  is  to  be  duly  registered.  Violations 
are  liable  to  a  fine  of  from  twenty-five  to  one  hundred  dollars.  Itinerant  vendors 
of  drugs,  nostrums,  and  medical  or  surgical  appliances,  or  those,  who  by  printing 
or  any  other  method  publicly  profess  to  cure  or  treat  diseases,  etc.,  are  required  to 
pay  an  annual  license  of  two  hundred  dollars. 
The  Commissioners  for  the  next  two  years  are  Messrs.  W.  S.  Thompson,  Chas. 
Becker  and  J.  D.  O'Donnell,  and  Drs.  J.  C.  Riley  and  J.  E.  Morgan. 
The  Cinchona  Alkaloids. — Dr.  O.  Hesse,  the  author  of  the  interesting  paper  on 
the  subject  of  which  we  have  given  an  abstract  in  the  June  number,  pp.  299-304,  has 
directed  our  attention  to  an  error  which  we  omitted  to  correct.  In  the  note  on  p. 
300,  Pasteur's  "  quinidia,"  should  read  "  cinchonidia,,'>  which  our  readers  will 
please  correct.  On  various  occasions  since  1869  ("Am.  Jour.  Phar.,"  1869,  p  421), 
when,  we  believe,  Hesse  first  proposed  the  name  conquinia  (conchinin),  we  have 
informed  our  readers  that  Hesse  continues  its  use,  and  we  may  state  that  it  is  also 
employed  in  the  essay  above  referred  to,  as  it  appeared  originally  in  Berichte  d.  d. 
chem.  Ges.  Hesse  strongly  advocates  its  general  adoption,  to  avoid  the  confusion 
resulting  from  the  use  of  the  term  quinidia  (chinidinj  for  two  entirely  distinct 
alkaloids.  In  Great  Britain  and  the  United  States,  however,  Hesse's  conquinia  is, 
we  believe,  invariably  designated  as  quinidia. 
Berberis  repens. — After  the  paper  on  p.  373  had  been  printed  we  had  occasion 
to  examine  Lindley's  figure  of  this  plant  (Botanical  Register,  plate  11 76)  which  is 
entirely  different  from  the  one  given  on  p.  374.  The  leaves  of  the  former  are  nearly 
orbicular  in  outline,  and  have- the  lowest  pair  of  the  leaflets  very  near  the  base  of 
the  petiole.  The  leaflets  of  our  plate  agree  in  many  respects  with  Gray's  description 
for  B.  aquifolium  5  they  are,  however,  not  in  the  least  acuminate.  It  is  very  likely  that 
the  different  species  may  vary  to  some  extent  in  the  characters  of  their  leaves,  and 
we  trust  that  our  friends  in  California  and  Oregon  will  enlighten  us  on  this  point. 
Correction.  —  On  page  323,  note  1,  line  6,  "100  grams"  should  read  1.0  grams 
Epsom  salt. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Fownes*  Manual  of  Chemistry,  Theoretical  and  Practical.  Revised  and  corrected  by 
Henry  Watts,  B  A  ,  F.R  S.,  etc.  A  new  American  from  the  twelfth  English 
edition.  Edited  by  Robert  Bridges,  M.D.,  Professor  of  Chemistry  in  the  Phila- 
delphia College  of  Pharmacy.  With  177  illustrations.  Philadelphia-:  Henry  C. 
Lea,  1878.    i2mo,  pp.  1027. 
"  Fownes'  Chemistry"  has  been  for  so  long  a  time  in  the  hands  of  both  teachers 
and  students  that  its  merits  are  well  understood  and  appreciated, and  need  no  further 
