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phate  of  magnesium  will  be  precipitated  ;  this,  on  being  dissolved  in  nitric  acid, 
yields  the  characteristic  yellow  precipitate  with  phospho-motybdic  acid. 
After  the  reading  of  a  note  by  Dr.  De  Yry,  on  Cinchona  HassJcarh'ana  of 
Java,  M.  Planchon  stated  that  of  the  same  species  individuals  are  found  with 
long  pistils  and  short  stamens,  and  others  with  long  stamens  and  short  pistils. 
M.  Roucher  stated  that  he  has  succeeded  in  converting  crystallized  digitalin 
into  a  globular  condition,  but  as  yet  has  not  been  able  to  transform  this  into 
crystals. 
M.  Mayet  made  rome  remarks  on  the  plan  adopted  for  the  International 
Pharmacopoeia,  the  preparation  of  which  had  been  referred  to  the  Paris  Soci- 
ety by  the  International  Pharmaceutical  Congress  of  1867.  M.Boudet  gave  a  re- 
view of  the  labor  performed  by  the  Committee  appointed  for  that  purpose.  The 
work  will  belaid  before  this  Society  in  July,  and  discussed  before  it  is  presented 
to  the  Internationa!  Pharmaceutical  Congress  in  St.  Petersburg  in  August. 
^Mtortal  Department. 
The  Twenty-Second  Annual  Meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  will  open  on  the  eighth  of  September  next,  in  the  city  of  Louis- 
Tille,  Ky.,  as  will  be  seen  from  the  announcement  by  President  J.  F.  Hancock, 
published  on  page  389.  The  Local  Secretary  has  secured  excellent  accommo- 
dations for  the  meeting,  as  well  as  for  the  exhibition,  both  of  which  will  be  held 
in  Liederkranz  Hall  ;  in  order  to  perfect  all  the  preliminary  arrangements, 
all  having  objects  of  interest  to  exhibit  are  requested  to  inform,  without  delay, 
the  Local  Secretary,  Prof.  E.  Scheffer,  stating  amount  of  space  desired.  We 
understand  that  the  applications  for  space  have  already  been  quite  numerous, 
the  large  industrial  exposition,  which  will  be  held  at  Louisville,  during  the 
month  of  September,  affording  exhibitors  the  opportunity  of  displaying  their 
goods  in  two  places;  we  have  also  been  informed  that  the  license  law  in  the 
•city  of  Louisville  has  been  abolished,  so  that  every  agent  or  firm  from  another 
place  can  sell  there  by  samples,  and  exhibitors  desiring  to  dispose  of  their 
goods  or  to  sell  by  samples  will  meet  with  nothing  antagonistic  in  their  way. 
The  expected  influx  of  strangers  into  Louisville,  during  the  Industrial  Expo- 
sition in  September,  is  such  that  only  the  GTa.lt  House  has  agreed  to  accom- 
modate all  the  expected  visiting  members  and  ladies,  and,  accordingly,  this 
hotel  has  been  selected  as  the  headquarters  of  the  Association.  The  Louis- 
ville Hotel  can  likewise  accommodate  a  number  of  members.  The  hotel 
•charges  will  be  $4.00  a  day  at  the  Gait  House  and  S3. 50  at  the  Louisville 
Hotel. 
The  convention  of  the  General  Passenger  Agents  of  the  grand  trunk  lines 
of  railways  running  east  and  west,  which  was  recently  held  in  New  York,  has 
-delayed  negotiations  for  the  contemplated  excursion  trip  to  Louisville,  and 
resulted  in  the  refusal  of  all  the  through  lines  to  make  any  reduction  of  fare. 
The  Eastern  members  will  therefore  be  obliged  to  pay  full  fare  both  ways,  and 
