Am.  Jonr.  Pharm. 
Jan.,  Ig93. 
Reviews. 
in  the  names  of  some  of  the  plants  was  noticed,  and  Professor  Maisch  explained 
the  reason  for  some  of  the  differences. 
A  paper,  on  the  coloring  principle  of  the  poke  berry \  Phytolacca  decandra, 
was  read  by  Herman  Harms,  of  the  present  Senior  Class.  The  intensity  of  the 
color  was  shown  by  the  great  dilution  of  which  it  was  susceptible. 
Dr.  Gubbins,  a  graduate  of  our  College,  was  present,  and  alluded  to  the 
interest  that  the  paper  of  Mr.  Crawford  ought  to  excite  in  the  students  of 
botany,  and  alluded  to  some  of  the  trees  which  ought  to  be  utilized  for  shade 
purposes,  especially  the  hard  maple  and  the  buttonball  tree.  Both  of  these 
were  growing  luxuriantly  in  Bartram's  Garden,  near  the  Gray's  Ferry  bridge, 
a  place  that  is  world-renowned  among  botanists. 
Dr.  Gubbins  also  exhibited  a  modification  of  the  hand-compressing  pill 
machine,  and  described  its  advantages.  -  It  consists  of  three  parts  :  the  cylinder, 
which  has  a  funnel-shaped  top  for  facility  of  charging  it ;  the  foot,  which  is 
conical  and  enters  the  cylinder  only  one-sixteenth  of  an  inch  ;  and  the  piston, 
which  works  in  the  cylinder  very  accurately,  but  easily.  This  construction 
enables  the  operator  to  free  the  pill  very  readily  when  it  has  been  compressed. 
J.  W.  England  read  a  paper  upon  some  practical  notes  on  pharmacy. 
Mr,  Procter  alluded  to  the  prescription  mentioned  in  last  month's  meeting 
containing  jurubebin,  and  said  it  had  been  brought  to  him  several  times.  It 
emanated  from  some  philanthropic  preacher,  who  would  supply  it  if  those 
wanting  it  could  not  obtain  it  elsewhere. 
A  question  was  asked  about  the  propriety  of  keeping  Basham's  Mixture 
ready  for  use,  excepting  the  tincture  of  chloride  of  iron,  the  latter  to  be  added 
at  the  time  of  dispensing  it.  Mr.  Procter  said  it  had  been  his  habit  to  do  so, 
but  for  this  purpose  had  made  it  double  as  strong,  as  directed  by  the  Pharma- 
copoeia, and  diluted  it  when  wanted. 
A  prescription  which  had  been  submitted  to  Mr.  Beringer  was  read  ;  it  called 
for  hyoscine  in  \  grain  doses  when  to  Tl was  the  propei  dose  of  the  crystal- 
line alkaloid.  The  former  dark  colored  article  is  an  entirely  different  prepa- 
ration. 
Attention  was  called  to  Cyclamin,  as  to  what  it  was  ;  it  was  stated  to  be  a 
sulphuretted  lanolin. 
On  motion,  the  meeting  adjourned.  T.  S.  Wiegand,  Registrar. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Proceedings  of  State  Pharmaceutical  Associations : 
The  following  not  previously  noticed  have  been  received  : 
California. — Semi-annual  meeting,  held  at  Los  Angeles,  Ma}'  23  to  25,  1892. 
Pp-  157. 
Quite  a  number  of  papers  on  practical  subjects  were  read  at  this  meeting, 
and  also  discussed  by  the  members  present.  John  Devine,  president  ;  D.  D. 
Hunt,  San  Francisco,  secretary. 
Connecticut. — Sixteenth  annual  meeting,  held  at  Hartford,  Pebr.  2  and  3, 
1892.    Pp.  164. 
A  considerable  portion  of  the  pamphlet  is  occupied  by  a  report  on  pharmacy, 
prepared  by  E.  T.  Vance,  and  giving  abstracts  of  many  practical  papers  relating 
