494 
MINUTES  OF  THE 
of  the  following  queries  of  last  year  were  continued  to  the 
members  who  had  accepted  them : — No.  1,  to  Greorge  C.  Close,  of 
Brooklyn;  Nos.  3,  23,  to  Samuel  P.  Duffield,  of  Detroit ;  No. 
5,  to  Dr.  B.  E.  Squibb,  of  Brooklyn ;  No.  7,  to  Ferris  Bring- 
hurst,  of  Wilmington,  Del. ;  Nos.  14,  19,  30  and  36  to  W. 
Procter,  Jr. ;  29  to  Edward  C.  Jones,  of  Philadelphia ;  32  to 
Dr.  Thos.  E.  Jenkins,  of  Louisville. 
The  reading  of  reports  in  answer  to  queries  2,  6,  9,  13,  17, 
20,  21,  22,  26,  33  and  35  was  postponed.  No  reply  was  re- 
ceived in  answer  to  queries  10,  11,  12,  18,  24,  25,  27,  28,  31, 
34,  38,  41  and  42. 
In  answer  to  query  4,  on  the  adaptability  for  medicinal  pur- 
poses of  dry  wine  made  from  grapes  grown  in  the  United 
States,  Prof.  Parrish,  by  request  of  Frederick  Stearns,  of  De- 
troit, made  some  verbal  remarks,  to  the  effect  that  no  native 
wine  possessed  sufficient  alcoholic  strength,  and  for  this  reason 
no  native  wine  would  answer  the  purpose,  unless  the  addition 
of  spirit  was  considered  admissabie. 
A  discussion  on  the  culture  of  wine  on  the  American  conti- 
nent engaged  several  of  the  members. 
A  motion  to  adjourn  to  hold  an  evening  session  was  nega- 
tived. 
An  extract  of  a  letter  from  Mr.  Stearns  was  read  by  the 
Secretary,  informing  the  Association  of  the  manufacture  of 
alcohol  in  Michigan  from  rhubarb  wine,  which  by  legal  deci- 
sion escaped  the  payment  of  internal  revenue  tax. 
Mr.  Colby,  of  New  York,  read  an  answer  to  No.  8,  on  honey, 
which  was  referred  to  the  Executive  Committee. 
A  paper  by  Charles  Bullock,  of  Philadelphia,  was  read  by 
Mr.  Wiegand,  in  reply  to  No.  15,  on  Yeratrum  Yiride,  and 
referred  for  publication. 
The  President  retiring,  in  the  absence  of  the  Yice-Presidents 
Charles  A.  Tufts  was  called  to  the  Chair. 
The  Secretary  read  a  paper  in  answer  to  query  37,  on  tho 
presence  of  chrysophanic  acid  in  senna,  from  Ferd.  Sennewald, 
of  St.  Louis ;  also  an  answer  to  No.  16,  by  James  W.  Mill,  on 
preparations  of  ergot,  both  of  which  were  referred  to  the  Execu- 
tive Committee. 
