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MINUTES  OF  THE 
Swiss  Apothecaries'  Association,  Lehrbuch  der  Pharmakogno- 
sie  des  Pflanzenreicnes  (Pharmacognosy  of  the  Vegetable  King- 
dom). 
The  appointment  of  a  Nominating  Committee  being  in  order, 
the  following  members  were  appointed  to  that  duty : 
New  York  College,     ....    George  C.  Close. 
Maine  Pharmaceutical  Association,     .    Charles  K.  Partridge. 
Massachusetts  College,        .       .       .    H.  W.  Lincoln. 
Philadelphia  College,  .       .       .    A.  B.  Taylor. 
Maryland  College,       .       .       .       .    J.  C.  Leamy. 
Pharm.  Assoc.  Dist.  of  Columbia,        .    James  N.  Callan. 
Cincinnati  College,     ....    W.  J.  M.  Gordon. 
Chicago  College,         .       .       .       .    E.  H.  Sargent. 
Alumni  Assoc.  Phil.  Coll.  Pharm.,      .    Thos.  S.  Wiegand. 
By  the  President,  from)  <J**  H-  ^alrymple,  K  J 
the  meeting  at  large  fW'  H*  Saunders>  London,  C.  W., 
6  J  P.  C.  Candidus,  Aberdeen,  Miss. 
The  Chairman  of  the  Business  Committee  gave  notice  rela- 
tive to  proposed  changes  in  Article  II.,  Sections  4  and  8  of  the 
Constitution,  having  in  view  the  improvement  of  the  financial 
condition  of  the  Association.  The  proposition,  under  the  rules, 
lies  over  until  a  future  sitting. 
Dr.  Squibb  moved  that  when  the  meeting  adjourned,  it  be 
till  9  o'clock  to-morrow  morning,  which  was  carried. 
Vice-President  Parrish  now  read  the  Annual  Address  of  the 
President. 
To  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  : 
Gentlemen, — It  is  my  pleasant  duty,  at  this  our  fifteenth  annual  re- 
union, to  offer  you  a  word  or  two  which  custom  and  propriety  shapes 
into  an  address  from  your  chief  retiring  officer. 
I  recall,  with  mingled  sentiments  of  wonder  and  gratitude,  the  interval 
which  has  elapsed  since  we  last  met  in  this  city,  and  in  this  very  hall. 
"Wonder  at  the  magnitude  of  the  struggle  whieh  has  engaged  us  as  a 
people  during  that  interval,  gratitude  for  the  result  of  that  struggle,  in 
uniting  more  firmly  those  elements  of  true  national  strength  calculated  to 
make  ours  a  strong  and  enduring  republican  nationality. 
In  1860,  the  year  of  our  last  meeting  here,  we  were,  as  we  now  are,  at 
peace  ;  then  fraternizing  with  us  were  valued  members  from  the  Caroli- 
nes to  Texas.    Who  of  us  have  seen  them  since  ?   To  day  I  hope  to 
