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the  work  in  hand,  and  if  the  membership  had  been  increased  to 
make  it  a  still  more  representative  body  of  American  pharmacists. 
Had  the  men  who  now  dominate,  lead  and  push  the  N.A.R.D.  been 
members  of  the  A.Ph.A.,  and  taken  hold  of  our  commercial  section 
as  they  have  that  of  the  N.A.R.D,,  the  same  results  would  have 
been  achieved." 
This  new  organization  has  benefited  the  A.Ph.A.  to  the  extent 
of  stimulating  its  activity  more  than  ever  in  putting  forth  efforts  for 
securing  membership  of  retail  druggists.  Fortunately,  wisdom 
and  good  sense  seem  to  prevail,  and  there  is  every  indication  of 
the  co-ordination  of  the  interests  of  the  two  associations. 
It  was  evidently  the  design  of  the  founders  of  the  A.Ph.A.  that 
that  organization  benefit  in  every  way  the  retail  pharmacist.  They 
builded,  however, better  than  they  knew.  Instead  of  calling  it  "  The 
American  Apothecaries'  Association,"  they  called  it  the  "American 
Pharmaceutical  Association."  For,  while  in  this  naming  the  object 
of  the  organization  remained  the  same,  yet  it  furnished  an  oppor- 
tunity for  growth,  so  that  the  greatest  possible  good  might  be 
rendered  pharmacy  at  large.  Pharmacy  and  medicine,  like  science 
proper,  have  become  so  specialized  that  there  is  an  evident 
need  of  the  American  Medical  Association  and  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  as  well  as  the  American  Association 
for  the  Advancement  of  Science.  Each  with  its  various  sections 
contributes  ultimately  to  the  welfare  of  science,  medicine  and  phar- 
macy. 
Let  the  members  of  the  A.Ph.A.  rise  on  the  waves  of  progress, 
and  enter  the  harbor  of  the  new  pharmacy  with  the  new  century, 
and  let  each  see  to  it  that  he  lives  up  to  Article  I  of  the  Constitution, 
which  it  might  be  well,  in  the  interests  of  pharmacy  and  the  Asso- 
ciation, to  print  in  large  type  on  cardboard  and  distribute  among  the 
retail  pharmacists  of  the  United  States. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Die  Rohstoffe  des  Pflanzenreiches.  Versuch  einer  technischen 
Rohstofflehre  des  Pflanzenreiches  von  Dr.  Julius  Wiesner.  Zweite 
ganzlich  umgearbeitete  und  erweiterte  Auflage.  2.  Lieferung 
(Bogen  1 1-20)  and  3.  Lieferung  (Bogen  21-30).  Leipzig:  Wilhelm 
Engelmann.  1900. 
Since  the  review  of  the  first  Lieferung  of  this  work  of  Wiesner 
