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will  become  a  thing  of  the  past.  Perhaps  no  paper  at  the  recent  meeting  of 
the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association  drew  out  so  much  discussion. 
The  chief  objections  urged  against  the  proposed  bill  were  the  difficulties 
in  the  way  of  it  ever  becoming  a  law. 
In  the  meantime,  if  every  druggist  will  persist  in  advising  the  public  against 
the  use  of  secret  remedies,  and  offer  his  own  preparations,  the  wrong  will 
gradually  be  righted,  and  the  loser  will  be  the  patent  medicine  manufacturer. 
F.   A.  FI.UCKIGER. 
Professor  Fliickiger  is  making  an  extended  tour  through  the  United  States. 
On  June  16th,  in  company  with  Dr.  B.  R.  Squibb,  he  visited  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy.  A  number  of  the  officers  and  members  of  the  College 
had  assembled  in  the  Library  to  meet  them,  and,  after  introductions,  a  few 
hours  were  given  to  the  inspection  of  the  building.  The  distinguished  visitors 
devoted  most  of  the  time  to  the  Laboratories  and  Museum  ;  in  the  latter  room 
the  Martindale  Herbarium  was  examined  to  considerable  length.  It  was 
evident  to  all  present  that  Professor  Fliickiger  has  an  extended  knowledge  of  a 
great  variety  of  subjects,  a  very  important  one  being  his  complete  mastery  of 
the  English  language. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Principles  and  Practice  of  Agricultural  Analysis. — By  Harvey  W.  Wiley, 
Chemist  of  the  U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture.  The  Chemical  Publishing 
Co.,  Easton,  Pa. 
Dr.  Wiley  has  undertaken  to  furnish  for  publication  forty-eight  pages 
monthly.  The  first  number  appeared  in  January  of  this  year  ;  and  it  is  pro- 
posed to  complete  it  about  the  last  of  next  year. 
So  far  as  can  be  judged  from  the  first  five  issues  the  subject  is  treated 
exhaustively.  Commencing  with  the  chemical  elements,  the  author  gives  a 
concise  description  of  each.  Then  follows  a  consideration  of  soils  and  their 
analysis. 
The  subject  is  treated  in  a  logical  and  scholarly  manner,  which  indicates  that 
the  author  is  thorough  master  of  it,  acquired  by  his  long  and  creditable  term 
of  service  in  this  particular  department  of  chemistry. 
Agriculture  and  pharmacy  cover  much  ground  in  the  field  of  science  that  is 
common  to  both  ;  this  especially  applies  to  plant  chemistry,  and  in  detailing 
new  processes  for  the  use  of  the  agricultural  chemist,  the  author  will  be  at  the 
same  time  equally  assisting  the  pharmaceutical  investigator.  No  department 
of  chemistry  in  America  is  so  deficient  in  standard  books  as  this  one,  and  no 
one  is  so  well  adapted  to  supply  that  deficiency  as  Dr.  Wiley. 
Leitneria  Floridana.—By  Dr.  William  Trelease.  Printed  in  advance  from 
the  sixth  annual  report  of  the  Missouri  Botanical  Garden.  26  pages  and  15 
plates. 
This  monograph  is  another  of  the  valuable  contributions  from  the  Shaw 
School  of  Botany,  and  exhibits  the  careful  preparation  and  thoroughness  that 
characterize  the  works  of  the  author.  Leitneria  Floridana,  Chapm.,  was  dis- 
covered growing  abundantly  in  the  swamp  lands  of  southeastern  Missouri,  by 
Mr.  B.  F.  Bush,  in  November,  1892.    Heretofore,  it  had  only  been  reported 
