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VARIETIES. 
to  near  boiling,  the  fire  removed  and  the  chromate  added,  an 
effervescence  takes  place,  after  which  a  beautiful  green  mass  is 
found,  which  dissolves  after  several  hours  and  at  last  turns  a 
dirty  leaf  green. 
With  a  solution  of  the  chromate  the  above  reactions  take  place 
instantaneously,  so  as  to  make  it  impossible  to  observe  the 
changes  of  color.  J.  M.  M. 
Ohem.  Central  Blatt,  1856,  338.    Messagero  de  Lima. 
NOTICE. 
TO  THE  PHARMACEUTISTS  AND  DRUGGISTS  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES. 
The  Sixth  Annual  Meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association 
will  be  held  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  on  Tuesday,  8th  of  September 
ensuing,  at  3  o'clock,  P.  M.,  in  the  Hall  of  the  College  of  Pharmacy,  Zane 
st.  above  7th. 
The  object  of  the  Association,  and  the  conditions  of  membership  are  ex- 
plained in  the  following  extracts  from  the  Constitution. 
Article  I. 
1st.  To  improve  and  regulate  the  drug  market  by  preventing  the  impor- 
tation of  inferior,  adulterated  or  deteriorated  drugs,  and  by  detecting  and 
exposing  home  adulteration. 
2nd.  To  establish  the  relations  between  druggists,  pharmceutists, 
physicians  and  the  people  at  large,  upon  just  principles,  which  shall  pro- 
mote the  public  welfare  and  tend  to  mutual  strength  and  advantage. 
3rd.  To  improve  the  science  and  the  art  of  pharmacy  by  diffusing  scien- 
tific knowledge  among  apothecaries  and  druggists,  fostering  pharmaceuti- 
cal literature,  developing  talent,  stimulating  discovery  and  invention,  and 
encouraging  home  production  and  manufacture  in  the  several  departments 
of  the  drug  business. 
4th.  To  regulate  the  system  of  apprenticeship  and  employment  so  as  to 
prevent  as  far  as  practicable,  the  evils  flowing  from  deficient  training  in 
the  responsible  duties  of  preparing,  dispensing,  and  selling  medicines. 
5th.  To  suppress  empyricism,  and  as  much  as  possible  to  restrict  the 
dispensing  and  sale  of  medicines  to  regularly  educated  druggists  and 
apothecaries. 
Article  II. —  Of  the  Members. 
Section  1.  Every  pharmaceutist  or  druggist  of  good  moral  and  profes- 
sional standing,  whether  in  business  on  his  own  account,  retired  from 
business  or  employed  by  another,  who,  after  duly  considering  the  objects  of 
