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of  "  Hoyt's  German  Cologne*,"  and  that  the  last-named  gentleman  had  used  it  not 
only  in  perfumery,  but  likewise  in  medicine,  in  the  form  of  medicated  water  and  of 
syrup,  the  latter  prepared  by  dissolving  sugar  in  the  asarum  water. 
Mr.  J.  U.  Lloyd  read  a  paper  entitled  miscellaneous  notes.  In  1875  na<^ 
reported  on  dilute  hydrocyanic  acid,  prepared  with  alcohol  in  August,  1872  5  of  112 
one  ounce  vials  of  this  acid,  the  contents  of  two  have  become  black,  and  in  both 
the  acid  has  been  in  contact  with  organic  matter,  the  stoppers  having  been  waxed. 
Another  lot  made  in  July,  1874,  has  been  kept  in  a  one-gallon  bottle,  which  was 
opened  from  time  to  time,  acid  being  withdrawn  until  only  a  few  ounces  remain, 
which  are  colorless,  and  contain  1  43  per  cent.  HCy,  the  strength  having  decreased 
about  one-fourth. 
A  sample  of  Tincture  oj  geranium  maculatum  was  made  in  March  with  alcohol 
of  spec.  grav.  '835,  and  was  found  gelatinized  in  June,  having  at  the  same  time 
acquired  a  faint  odor  of  wintergreen.  A  sample  of  fluid  extract  of  stillingia,  which 
had  been  converted  into  a  jelly-like  mass,  was  likewise  shown.  The  causes  of  these 
changes  are  not  known. 
Mr.  Lloyd  also  exhibited  a  specimen  of  the  bark  of  mangifera  indica,  which  has 
been  recommended  and  used  to  some  extent  in  this  country  in  diarrhoea  and  diseases 
of  the  mucous  surfaces. 
Attention  was  also  called  by  Mr.  Lloyd  to  some  California  plants  which  had  been 
introduced  under  fictitious  names,  one  having  been  called yerba  reuma  was  found  to 
be  Frankenia  grandijolia,  nat.  ord.  Frankeniaceae,  a  common  plant  of  California, 
having  a  very  salty  taste.  The  article  introduced  under  the  name  of  cascara  sagrads 
was  ascertained  to  be  the  bark  of  Rhamnus  Purshiana.  The  mountain  or  Oregon 
grape  of  the  Pacific  coast  is  usually  referred  to  as  Berberis  aquifolium,  but  Mr.  Lloyd 
has  found  B.  repens3  B.  ner-vosa  and  B.  pinnata  substituted  for  it.1 
In  commenting  on  Mr.  Lloyd's  paper,  Messrs.  Maisch  and  Saunders  referred  to 
censurable  practices  which  had  become  rather  frequent  of  late  years  and  should  be 
discountenanced — such  as  the  introduction  under  fictitious  names  of  drugs  and  chem- 
ical preparations  and  the  copyrighting  of  names  for  preparations  intended  for  medic- 
inal use. 
The  Auditing  Committee  reported  having  found  the  accounts  of  the  Treasurer 
correct,  and  proposed  that  this  officer  should  be  required  to  preserve  his  vouchers  for 
the  space  of  three  years,  after  which  time  they  may  be  destroyed.  The  motion  was 
carried. 
Mr.  Lemberger  read  a  paper  by  J.  F.  Hancock  on  the  arrangement  of  store  room 
and  cellar  in  answer  to  query  56. 
Mr.  Saunders  read  a  paper  by  Dr.  E.  R.  Squibb,  entitled  fluid  extracts  by  reperco- 
lation,  which  gives  in  tabular  form  the  results  of  a  large  number  of  observations  on 
all  the  fluid  extracts  in  common  use,  and  completes  the  paper  of  the  same  author 
published  on  page  209  of  the  "  Amer.  Jour.  Pilar.,"  1878.  On  motion  the  Asso- 
ciation voted  that  both  papers  be  published  in  the  Proceedings.  Prof.  Diehl's  paper 
on  the  same  subject  was  likewise  referred  for  publication. 
1  Most  of  the  samples  received  by  us  were  B.  nervosa.  All  these  species  appear  to  contain  berberina, 
and  probably  possess  alike  properties.— EDITOR. 
