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receive  sufficient  attention  to  give  one  an  idea  of  the  chemical  character,  rela- 
tionship and  uses  of  each. 
The  changes  have  not  been  too  radical,  yet  sufficient  has  been  adopted  to 
sta'mp  the  work  as  advancing  in  the  progress  of  phonetic  reform. 
A  number  of  special  tables,  which  are  carefully  indexed,  are  a  valuable 
feature  of  the  work. 
The  mechanical  part  of  the  book  is  of  a  high  order  ;  the  engravings  are 
especially  sharp  and  clear. 
The  whole  is  a  credit  to  author,  publisher  and  printer. 
Minnesota  Botanical  Studies.    Bulletin  No.  9     Part  II X. 
The  following  valuable  contributions  make  up  the  contents  of  this  number  : 
A  revision  of  the  Macoracese.    By  Roscoe  Pound. 
A  revision  of  the  Minnesota  Grasses  of  the  tribe  of  Hordese.  By  Francis 
Ramaley. 
A  preliminary  list  of  the  North  American  Species  of  Astragalus.  By  Edmund 
P.  Sheldon. 
Eleventh  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Control  of  the  State  Agricultural 
Experiment  Station  at  Amherst,  Mass. 
The  Russian  Thistle.  By  Lyster  Hoxie  Dewey,  U.  S.  Department  of  Agri- 
culture.   Division  of  Botany.    Bulletin  No.  15. 
Contributions  of  the  U.  S.  National  Herbarium.  Vol.  III.  No.  2.  This 
consists  of  a  paper  by  J.  M.  Coulter,  on  "Preliminary  Revision  of  the  North 
American  Species  of  Cactus,  Anhalonium  and  Lophophora."  U.  S.  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture.    Division  of  Botany. 
The  Post-mortem  Detectio?i  and  Estimation  of  Strychnine.  By  Alberton  S. 
Cushmau.  Transactions  of  the  Academy  of  Science  of  St.  Louis.  Vol.  VI. 
No.  17. 
Proceedings  of  the  Thirteenth  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Alabama  Pharma- 
ceutical Association,  held  at  Anniston,  May  8  and  9,  1894. 
Index-Catalogue  of  the  Library  of  the  Surgeon-GeneraP  s  Office  United 
States  Army.    Vol.  XV.    Washington:   Government  Printing  Office.  1894. 
Les  orchidees  a  coumarine  le  faham  et  ses  Succedanes.  Par  le  Dr.  Louis 
Planchon.  1892. 
Tableau  des  caracteres  des  principales  ecorces  de  quinquinas  Americains. 
Par  le  Dr.  Louis  Planchon.  1894. 
Both  the  above  are  reprints  from  Nouvean  Montpellier  Medical. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  COLLEGES  and  ASSOCIATIONS. 
PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE;  OF  PHARMACY. 
The  stated  quarterly  meeting  of  members  of  the  College  was  held  June  25, 
1894,  at  4  o'clock  P.  M.  Robert  Shoemaker  presiding.  Fifteen  members  present. 
Minutes  of  last  stated  meeting  and  of  special  meeting  read  and  adopted. 
Minutes  of  Board  of  Trustees  for  April,  May  and  June  read,  and,  on  motion, 
approved. 
Report  of  delegates  to  the  sessions  of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical 
