138  Editorial  Notes  and  Comments.  {AmiJfi ,im!m' 
is  a  manufacturer.  The  more  professional  and  educated  the  phar- 
macist is  the  more  likely  is  he  to  become  a  manufacturer,  the  extent 
of  the  products  of  his  manufacture  depending  upon  his  abilities 
and  the  money  at  his  command.  The  pharmacist  must  recog- 
nize the  inevitable  current  of  commerce,  and,  according  to  the 
mariner  he  proves  himself  to  be,  so  is  his  course  either  on  the  sands 
or.  rocks,  or  in  the  tide  that  leads  him  to  his  highest  ambitions.  So 
long  as  man  inhabits  the  earth  there  will  be  sickness  and  disease, 
and  physicians  and  pharmacists  will  be  called  upon  to  do  their 
respective  duties.  With  the  advance  of  time  there  will  be  more 
specialization  and  the  field  with  its  opportunities  will  be  larger  to 
those  who  possess  and  manifest  the  true  professional  spirit.  There 
will  be  more  to  satisfy  the  man  with  the  interests  of  his  profession, 
providing  he  recognizes  first  the  situation  which  confronts  him,  then 
his  own  powers,  and  finally  conducts  his  life  and  actions  according 
to  his  reason  and  position.  The  whining  pessimist  who  sees  noth- 
ing but  disaster  in  the  future  will  be  displaced  by  the  high-souled 
professional  man  of  character  and  purpose,  be  it  in  pharmacy  or  any 
other  profession. 
EDITORIAL  NOTES  AND  COMMENTS. 
NOMENCLATURE. 
Notes  on  Botanical  Names. — The  matter  of  the  botanical 
nomenclature  of  the  U.S.P.  is  of  great  importance,  and  while  there 
is  little  doubt  in  the  minds  of  the  majority  that  Engler  and  Prantl 
should  replace  Bentham  and  Hooker  as  our  authority,  as  already 
pointed  out  by  Prof.  H.  H.  Rusby,  still  it  is  a  matter  of  some  con- 
cern as  to  how  far  we  are  justified  in  following  even  Engler  and 
Prantl  as  our  guide.  In  a  recent  letter  from  Professor  Rusby  on 
this  matter,  which  we  are  permitted  to  publish,  he  says  : 
"I  would  depart  from  the  authority,  however,  in  cases  of  obvious 
error,  such  as  classing  Cimicifuga  as  an  Actaea.  In  regard  to  speci- 
fic names,  I  would  follow  the  Rochester  code,  except  in  matters  of 
style,  such  as  decapitalization.  I  can  see  no  other  road,  to  uniformity 
and  ultimate  simplicity,  and  it  appears  that  everything  is  working 
surely,  even  if  slowly,  in  this  direction.  Several  mistakes  made  by 
the  last  committee,  for  which  I  assume  the  responsibility,  are  to  be 
