AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
499 
The  following  names  were  brought  forward  by  the  Executive 
Committee  for  membership,  as  having  complied  with  the  By- 
Laws  ; 
John  Hooker,  Springfield,  Mass. 
Geo.  W.  Bird,  Brookline,  c' 
Geo.  A.  Copeland,  Providence,  R.  I. 
Gottfried  Hebberling,  N.  Y.  City. 
E.  Fougera,  "  " 
C.  F.  Chandler,  *< 
W.  H.  Whitney, 
Thomas  L.  Johnson,  Cooperstown, 
N.  Y. 
W.  R.-Schanck,  Jersey  City,  N.  J„ 
Edwin  McC.  Boring,  Philadelphia, 
Pa. 
Jos.  L.  Shoemaker,  Philadelphia, Pa. 
J.  A.  Meyers,  Columbia,  Pa. 
William  Maurice  Moore,  London, 
Canada  West. 
Alex.  Bain  Petrie,  Guelph,  Canada 
West. 
A  ballot  was  ordered,  Geo.  C.  Close  and  Theobald  Frohwein, 
of  New  York,  acting  as  tellers,  who  reported  the  election  of  the 
candidates. 
An  essay  by  Wm.  Saunders,  of  London,  Canada  West,  in 
answer  to  query  No.  6,  on  'the  officinal  compound  decoction  of 
sarsaparilla,  was  read  by  Mr.  Markoe.  The  paper  was  illus- 
trated by  various  specimens  of  the  decoction. 
Query  35,  on  tartrate  of  iron  and  potassa,  was,  on  motion, 
continued  to  J.  F.  Babcock,  of  Boston,  after  which  a  paper  on 
beeswax,  its  bleaching  and  its  substitutes,  by  Mr.  Babcock,  was 
read  by  Mr.  Markoe. 
C.  Lewis  Diehl  read  a  paper  in  answer  to  query  9,  on  syrupus 
senegze,  and  showed  numerous  specimens  of  this  preparation, 
made  according  to  the  method  suggested. 
The  same  author  read  a  paper  in  reply  to  query  No.  20,  on 
colchicin,  its  isolation,  and  properties,  in  which  the  alkalinity 
of  this  principle  is  denied.  The  paper  was  accompanied  by  a 
handsome  specimen  of  the  principle,  of  a  light  yellow  color, 
obtained  from  the  seed. 
The  meeting  then  adjourned  until  to-morrow  morning  at  9 
o'clock. 
Sixth  Session. — -Friday  morning,  Sept.  13th* 
The  meeting  was  called  to  order  by  President  Milhau.  The 
minutes  of  the  fourth  and  fifth  sessions  were  read  and  approved. 
The  Executive  Committee  reported  the  names  of  the  follow- 
ing candidates  fer  membership : 
