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in  June  and  July  weigh  very  little  and  are  of  inferior  quality  for 
medical  use.  They  should  be  thoroughly  washed  and  dried  before 
shipping. 
"Prices  are  constantly  changing;  golden  seal,  senega,  ginseng, 
lady's-slipper,  serpentaria,  prickly  ash  berries,  generally  command 
good  prices,  because  not  very  abundant,  while  mandrake,  blood 
root,  black  cohosh,  etc.,  though  used  very  largely,  are  rarely  worth 
more  than  4  cents  per  pound  in  Peoria.  Other  articles  are  at  times 
extremely  scarce  and  bring  high  prices — prices  never  go  up  when 
any  one  has  anything  to  sell,  therefore  don't  try  to  speculate. 
"  Quantities — we  never  buy  small  lots  of  goods.  We  prefer  to 
buy  a  year's  stock  of  an  article  at  one  time.  We  save  in  the  labor  of 
handling,  storage,  etc.,  and  unless  you  can  procure  100  to  1,000 
pounds  of  one  article  ready  for  shipment  and  think  you  have  better 
facilities  for  supplying  this  article  than  any  one  else  it  will  be 
useless  for  you  to  write  us.  We  do  not  want  to  contract  with  par- 
ties unknown  to  us,  for  the  delivery  of  goods  at  a  future  date.  If 
you  have  anything  on  hand  ready  for  shipment  and  wish  to  sell  it  to 
us,  you  should  send  a  fair  sample  by  mail,  and  write  us  stating  how 
many  pounds  like  sample  you  have  to  offer.  If  we  need  the  goods 
we  will  name  a  price  for  them.  We  never  buy  green  or  undried 
goods — they  would  mould  on  the  way  and  be  worthless  on  arrival. 
Don't  try  to  sell  dirty  goods — buyers  are  quite  as  shrewd  as  sellers. 
All  receipts  are  carefully  examined,  and  if  not  up  to  sample  or 
prime  in  quality  are  rejected  and  held  at  the  risk  of  the  owner.  If 
you  send  sample  or  ship  goods,  put  your  name  on  each  package,  so 
we  may  know  whom  it  is  from." 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Victor  von  Richter's  Organic  Chemistry  or  Chemistry  of  the 
Carbon  Compounds.  Edited  by  Prof.  R.  Anschiitz.  Authorized 
translation  by  Edgar  F.  Smith.  Third  American  from  the  Eighth 
German  Edition.  Vol.  II.  Carbocyclic  and  Heterocyclic  Series. 
Philadelphia:  P.  Blakiston's  Son  &  Co.    Price,  $3. 
The  English  translation  of  Richter's  organic  chemistry  is  well 
known  to  chemists,  and  has  merited  a  deserved  recognition  by  all 
who  are  in  any  way  concerned  in  chemical  work.  The  present 
volume  contains  much  of  value  to  the  pharmaceutical  chemist,  and 
