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ground-nut  and  other  oils  are  substituted,  which  bear  the  same  relation  to 
good  olive  oil  that  butterin  and  similar  preparations  do  to  real  butter. 
The  very  choicest  qualities  of  pure  olive  oil  are  largely  shipped  from  Leg- 
horn to  England  along  with  the  very  lowest  qualities,  often  also  adul- 
terated. 
The  oil  put  into  Florence  flasks  is  of  the  latter  kind.  Many  years  back 
this  was  not  the  case,  but  now  it  is  a  recognized  fact  that  nothing  but  the 
lowest  quality  of  oil  is  put  into  these  flasks  ;  oil  utterly  unfit  for  food,  and 
so  bad  that  it  is  a  mystery  to  what  use  it  is  applied  in  England.  Importers 
in  England  of  oil  in  these  flasks  care  nothing,  however,  about  quality  ; 
cheapness  is  the  only  desideratum. 
The  best  quality  of  Tuscan  olive  oil  is  imported  in  London  in  casks,  bot- 
tled there,  and  bears  the  name  of  the  importers  alone  on  the  label.  There 
is  no  difficulty  in  procuring  in  England  the  best  Tuscan  oil,  which  nothing 
produced  elsewhere  can  surpass  ;  but  consumers  who  wish  to  get,  and  are 
willing  to  pay  for  the  best  article,  must  look  to  the  name  and  reputation  of 
the  importers  and  the  general  excellence  of  all  the  articles  they  sell,  which 
is  the  best  guarantee  they  can  have  of  quality. — Phar.  Jour,  and  Trans.  y 
May  17,  1884,  p.  923. 
AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
The  thirty-second  annual  meeting  of  this  association  will  be  held  at  the 
city  of  Milwaukee,  Wis.  The  first  session  will  begin  at  3  P.  M.,  on  Tues- 
day the  26th  day  of  August,  1884,  in  Turner  Hall.  All  pharmaceutical 
organizations  entitled  to  representation  in  this  association  are  invited  to 
appoint  delegates  ;  five  from  each  body,  whose  credentials  should  be  sent 
to  the  Permanent  Secretary,  Prof.  J.  M.  Maisch,  Philadelphia,  at  least  two 
weeks  in  advance  of  the  time  of  meeting.  Applications  for  membership 
must  be  accompanied  by  the  fee,  and  should,  if  possible,  be  sent  to  the 
Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Membership,  Mr.  G.  W.  Kennedy,  Potts- 
ville,  Pa.,  at  least  two  weeks  prior  to  date  of  meeting. 
As  great  interest  is  always  shown  in  the  answers  made  to  the  queries  pre- 
viously propounded,  it  is  urged  upon  members  who  have  accepted  queries 
to  be  answered  at  this  meeting,  to  have  their  papers  forwarded  to  the  Chair- 
man of  the  Committee  on  Papers  and  Queries,  Prof.  J.  U.  Lloyd,  Cincin- 
nati, as  early  as  possible  that  time  may  be  provided  both  for  reading  and 
discusssing  them.  This  request  applies  also  to  those  offering  volunteer 
papers. 
Ample  room  has  been  provided  in  Turner  Hall,  the  place  of  meeting,  for 
the  exhibition  of  articles  possessing  pharmaceutical  interest  and  not  pro- 
hibited by  the  rules  of  the  association.  The  exhibition  room  is  in  charge 
of  the  Local  Secretary,  Mr.  Henry  C.  Schranck,  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  to  whom 
all  applications  for  space  must  be  addressed. 
As  soon  as  the  schedule  of  reduced  railway  fares  has  been  completed  by 
the  Committee  on  Railroads,  it  will  be  announced  in  a  circular  from  the 
Permanent  Secretary. 
