AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.  471 
An  elastic  gum  resin  from  an  Australian  Ficus  was  shown  at  Paris  in 
the  New  South  Wales  collection,  in  small  tears,  of  a  dingy  appearance, 
which  might  prove  useful.  A  large  portion  dissolves  in  warm  linseed 
oil,  but  spirits  of  wine  does  not  act  readily  on  it.  By  mastication  it  be- 
comes tenacious  and  bleaches  thoroughly. 
The  Royal  Patriotic  Society  of  Havana  endeavored  to  introduce  the 
cultivation  of  the  Ficus  elastica,  and  other  elastic  gum-yielding  plants, 
into  the  Island  of  Cuba,  but  their  efforts  seem  not  to  have  succeeded. 
The  Cullemundoo  gum  attracted  particular  attention  in  1851,  and  the 
exhibitor  was  rewarded  with  a  prize  medal,  from  the  impression  of  its 
adaptability  to  various  purposes  in  the  arts.  It  is  obtained  from  the  Eu- 
phorbia antiquorum  of  Roxburgh,  and  this  year,  at  the  local  exhibition  at 
Madras,  the  products  of  two  other  species,  E.  tirucalli  and  neurifolia,  re- 
ceived honorable  notice,  although  the  substances  differed  in  their  physical 
qualities  from  the  true  elastic  gums  of  commerce. 
An  examination  of  the  inspissated  gum  elastic  juices  of  a  number  of  trees 
from  different  localities,  and  prepared  in  a  different  manner,  renders  it 
probable  that  there  are  a  variety  of  similar  vegetable  products  yet  untried, 
which  may  be  advantageously  introduced  into  commerce.  They  certainly 
deserve  to  be  brought  specially  under  the  notice  of  our  manufacturers, 
though  as  yet  many  of  them  are  almost  unknown  to  the  very  natives  of  the 
places  in  which  they  are  prepared.  Gutta  trap,  the  inspissated  sap  of  an 
Artocarpus,  obtained  on  the  Island  of  Singapore,  and  used  for  making 
birdlime,  was  favorably  mentioned  by  the  Jurors  in  1851. — Journ.  Frank. 
Inst,  from  Jour.  Soc.  Arts,  London,  1855. 
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  Philadeldhia,  on  Tuesday,  8th  of  September  en- 
suing, at  3  o'clock,  P.  M.,  in  the  Hall  of  the  College  of  Pharmacy,  Zane 
street  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. 
2d.  To  establish  the  relations  between  druggists,  pharmaceutists,  phy- 
sicians and  the  people  at  large,  upon  just  principles,  which  shall  promote 
the  public  welfare  and  tend  to  mutual  strength  and  advantage. 
3d.  To  improve  the  science  and  the  art  of  Pharmacy  by  diffusing  scien- 
