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GINSENG. 
Aralia  (  Panax)  qainquejolia. 
The  following  references  to  articles  upon  this  medicinal  plant  may  be  useful 
to  readers  of  your  journal  : 
Belknap's  History  of  New  Hampshire  (1792),  Vol.  Ill,  p.  121. 
William's  History  of  Vermont  (1809),  Vol.  I,  p.  85. 
Bird's  History  of  the  Dividing  Line  between  Virginia  and  South  Carolina 
(original  MS.  1729-1733),  new  edition,  1866.  Vol.  I,  p.  161;  Vol.  II,  pp.  13, 
16,  67. 
Mauray  and  Fontaine's  Resources  of  West  Virginia  (1876),  p.  139. 
Kalm's  Travels,  Vol.  Ill,  p.  114. 
Michaux's  Travels,  pp.  207-11. 
Talbot's  Travels,  p.  314. 
Fortune's  "  Yeddo  and  Peking,"  p.  281. 
Hough's  U.  S.  Forestry  Reports:  Vol.  I  (1877),  p.  385;  Vol.  II  (1878-9), 
P-  374- 
Mason's  Year-Book  of  Facts  (London  1877),  p.  34. 
Transactions  American  Institute,  1870-1,  p.  612. 
Paxton's  Magazine  of  Botany  1837,  p.  169. 
Gardeners'  Chronicle,  1856,  p.  196  ;  1891,  p.  50. 
Horticulturist,  1847,  p.  101. 
Gardeners'  Monthly,  1881,  p.  214. 
Country  Gentleman,  1877,  pp.  88,  295  ;  1878,  p.  308. 
American  Agriculturist,  1881,  p.  378  ;  1886,  p.  255  ;  1890,  p.  645. 
New  York  Independent,  1891,  p.  34. 
Scientific  American,  1891,  pp.  19,  69. 
Scientific  Farmer,  1878,  p.  148. 
Washington,  D.  C,  March  16,  1891. 
A.  A.  CROZIER. 
MINUTES  OF  THE  COLLEGE  MEETING. 
Philadelphia,  March  30,  1891. 
A  stated  meeting  of  members  of  the  College  was  held,  this  day,  in  the  Hall, 
Chas.  Bullock,  presiding.  This  being  the  annual  meeting,  reports  of  officers  and 
standing  committees  were  received.  The  Editor  submitted  his  annual  report, 
which  was  on  motion  accepted  ;  the  following  is  an  abstract  of  the  report : 
During  the  year  just  terminated  85  original  papers  were  contributed.  This 
number  has  been  exceeded  four  times  only  during  twenty  years.  Nine  mem- 
bers of  the  College  contributed  32  papers.  Seventeen  authors,  not  members, 
furnished  37  papers.  Abstracts  from  30  theses,  from  foreign  journals  prepared 
especially  for  this  Journal,  together  with  reviews  and  notices  prepared  by  the 
Editor,  and  selected  essays,  constituted  the  balance  of  the  literary  matter. 
Thirty  of  these  papers  were  read  at  the  Pharmaceutical  meetings.  An  increase 
in  attendance,  and  interest  in  these  meetings  is  very  apparent,  stimulated 
doubtless  by  the  efforts  of  the  committee  who  have  taken  the  subject  in  hand. 
Whilst  the  College  bestows  a  number  of  prizes  for  original  work  and  investiga- 
tion, which  yield  good  result,  the  Editor  is  of  opinion  that  members  of  the 
College  and  employers  might  arouse  effort  in  their  assistants,  and  students  by 
