Affi'/ui""fiarm'}  Colleges  and  Associations.  367 
Manual  of  the  Phanerogams  and  Pteridophytes  of  Western  Texas.  By  John 
M.  Coulter.  Contribution  from  the  U.  S.  National  Herbarium,  vol.  2,  No.  3. 
Published  by  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture. 
N011  Nocere.  By  A.  Jacobi,  M.D.  An  address  delivered  before  the  Eleventh 
International  Congress  at  Rome,  Italy,  in  its  General  Session  of  April  4, 
1894. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  COLLEGES  and  ASSOCIATIONS. 
THE)  PENNSYLVANIA  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
The  annual  meeting  of  this  association  was  held  at  the  Neversink  Mountain 
House,  Reading,  Pa.,  June  12  to  15,  1894. 
The  association  was  welcomed  by  ex-Mayor  Merritt.  The  address  of  Presi- 
dent Mclntyre  followed.  In  this  he  suggested  a  number  of  changes,  the  most 
notable  of  which  was  to  have  the  nominations  for  officers  made  by  a  committee 
of  seven,  whereby,  it  was  thought,  a  better  selection  might  be  made.  This 
suggestion  was  adopted  at  a  later  session.  The  executive  committee  reported 
that  290  active  members  were  on  the  roll. 
The  committee  on  legislation  was  requested  to  protest  against  the  proposed 
increased  tax  on  alcohol  from  ninety  cents  to  one  dollar  and  ten  cents  per 
gallon. 
From  the  committee  on  trade  interests  it  was  learned  that  many  druggists 
have  refused  to  use  alcohol  which  is  supplied  by  the  "  Trust." 
The  committee  on  adulteration  read  a  valuable  report  which  elicited  much 
discussion.  The  committee  had  at  considerable  labor  and  expense  examined  a 
large  number  of  samples.  Laudanum  was  found  to  be  of  better  quality  than 
formerly.  Spices  were  found  to  be  adulterated  to  at  least  fifty  per  cent,  mostly 
with  starch.  Rock  candy  syrup,  it  was  stated,  contained  considerable  glucose, 
which  tended  to  throw  doubt  on  the  claims  of  many  manufacturers  of  this 
article,  that  it  is  made  by  dissolving  rock  candy  in  water. 
The  officers  selected  to  act  at  the  next  annual  meeting  were  :  President,  Wm. 
H.  Reed,  of  Norristown  ;  First  Vice-President,  John  B.  Raser,  of  Reading  ; 
Second  Vice-President,  C.  N.  Boyd,  Butler ;  Treasurer,  Joseph  L.  Lemberger, 
Lebanon  ;  Secretary,  J.  A.  Miller,  Harrisburg ;  Executive  Committee,  A.  R. 
Durham,  W.  S.  Seabold,  J.  H.  Knouse. 
The  next  annual  meeting  will  be  held  at  Eagle's  Mere,  on  or  about  June  18 
!895.    J.  B.  Duble  was  elected  local  Secretary  for  that  occasion. 
Mr.  George  M.  Beringer,  of  Camden,  N.  J.,  was  elected  an  honorary  member. 
The  social  features  of  the  occasion  were  well  looked  after  by  the  Reading 
pharmacists,  and  every  visitor  enjoyed  the  real  hospitality  accorded  by  them. 
A  number  of  valuable  papers  were  read  in  addition  to  those  published  else- 
where in  this  issue  of  the  Journal. 
Charles  E.  Hires  delivered  an  interesting  address,  in  which  he  advocated  the 
system  of  having  clerks  to  share  in  the  gross  receipts,  as  a  part  of  their  com- 
pensation. 
Dr.  William  H.  Reed  read  a  paper  on  "  Cutting  Prices  of  Patent  Medi- 
