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The  subject  discussed  was  the  cutting  of  prices  on  selling  proprietary  articles 
at  retail,  and  the  remedies  against  this  practice.  A  number  of  communi- 
cations were  received  and  a  resolution  was  presented  by  Mr.  Hallberg,  stating 
several  propositions  upon  which  an  effective  plan  should  be  based.  The  reso- 
lution and  all  communications  were  referred  to  a  committee  of  nine,  including 
the  Chairman  of  the  Section,  for  consideration  and  report.  The  deliberations 
of  the  Committee  resulted  in  a  plan  involving  the  co-operation  of  manu- 
facturers, distributing  agents  and  retail  druggists,  the  former  to  sell  medicinal 
proprietary  articles  only  to  druggists  having  signed  agreements  (excepting  in 
those  localities  where  no  druggists  are  in  business),  the  retail  druggist  to  sign 
an  agreement  not  to  violate  the  conditions  as  to  retail  prices,  or  to  sell  to 
dealers  on  the  cut-off  list,  or  to  substitute  another  article  for  one  called  for  ; 
any  violation  of  the  agreement  to  subject  the  party  to  being  placed  on  the 
cut-off  list. 
The  plan  was  adopted,  and  the  Association  was  asked  to  appropriate  $200  to 
defray  the  expenses  of  carrying  out  the  plan.  The  preamble  which,  as  adopted, 
declared  that  medicines  should  be  sold  only  by  druggists  who  have  been  edu- 
cated to  properly  perform  their  duties,  was  subsequently  erased  by  the 
Association. 
The  election  of  a  Committee  to  serve  for  the  ensuing  year,  resulted  in  the 
choice  of  W.  H.  Torbert,  of  Iowa,  as  Chairman,  Arthur  Bassett,  of  Michigan, 
as  secretary,  and  Chas.  M.  Ford,  of  Colorado,  Chas.  Holzhauer,  of  New  Jersey, 
and  G.  L.  Hechler,  of  Ohio,  as  the  remaining  members  of  the  Committee. 
The  Section  on  Scientific  Papers  held  three  sessions,  two  on  Wednesday 
afternoon  and  evening,  and  the  last  one  on  Thursday  afternoon.  Prof.  Patch 
presided  and  Prof.  Hallberg  acted  as  secretary.  The  following  papers  were 
read  : 
The  general  features  of  the  vegetation  of  Louisiana  and  adjoining  region, 
and  its  products  in  relation  to  pharmacy  and  allied  industries  was  the  subject 
of  a  paper  read  by  Dr.  Chas.  Mohr,  of  Mobile,  Ala.  The  author  characterized 
the  climate,  equally  free  from  the  extremes  of  heat  and  frost,  and  favored  with 
an  abundant  rainfall  during  the  year,  as  furnishing  conditions  most  favorable  to 
arboreal  growth.  The  blending  of  southern  and  northern  plants  is  noticed 
among  the  trees  as  well  as  among  the  crops  of  the  field  and  garden  ;  palms 
(Sabal)  with  short  stems  grow  in  the  shade  of  the  pine  ;  the  magnolia  side  by 
side  with  the  beech ;  the  yucca  shares  the  ground  with  the  American  holly  ; 
the  pear  ripens  its  fruit  with  the  orange  and  Japanese  plum  (Eriobotrya 
japonicd);  beside  the  crops  of  northern  fields,  sugar,  cotton  and  rice  are 
produced.  In  Louisiana  the  subtropical  forest,  distinguished  by  the  prevalence 
of  broad-leaved  evergreens,  is  presented  in  its  characteristic  features,  and  many 
shrubs,  most  of  them  adorned  by  a  profusion  of  flowers,  add  to  the  beauty  and 
interest  of  the  woods.  Passing  to  the  products,  a  somewhat  extended  sketch 
of  the  turpentine  industry  was  given,  and  references  were  made  to  the  wine 
obtainable  from  the  Scuppernong  grape ;  to  the  timber  of  the  bald  cypress 
{Taxodium  distichum);  to  the  sugar  cane  cultivated  in  the  alluvial  lands  ;  to 
the  fig  growing  in  the  lower  half  of  the  Gulf  States,  however,  on  account  of  its 
perishable  nature  in  this  damp  climate,  of  no  value  commercially  ;  and  finally, 
to  the  ramie  plants  or  China  grass,  Bcehmeria  species,  and  to  the  jute  plants, 
Corcharus  species,  which  are  easily  grown  in  these  localities. 
